HC upholds KCC mayor's suspension

The High Court yesterday upheld the government's decision suspending BNP-backed Khulna City Corporation Mayor Moniruzzaman Moni as he was charged in two vandalism cases filed in 2014.

The HC came up with the order after rejecting a writ petition filed by Moni challenging the suspension order.

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Moni's lawyer Anisur Rahman Khan told The Daily Star that the LGRD ministry on November 2 suspended the mayor, as a Khulna court had accepted charge sheets in two vandalism cases filed against him. Anisur said his client will move an appeal before the Appellate Division against the HC order.

On June 11, this year police pressed charges against 52 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, including the KCC mayor, in the two cases filed for attacking cops and vandalising vehicles last year.