Lawyers boycott courts
The lawyers of Durgapur Bar Council are boycotting judicial magistrate's court, executive magistrate's court and assistant judge's court in Durgapur from Thursday demanding removal of the officer-in-charge (OC) of Durgapur police station. The lawyers started the programme after a group of criminals allegedly hired by the OC attacked advocate Abdur Razzak of Durgapur Bar Council on January 19 and injured him for filing a criminal case with Durgapur Judicial Magistrate's Court against OC Abdul Karim the day before. Hazrat Ali, president of Durgapur Bar Council said the court boycott programme will continue until removal of OC Karim. Contacted, Police Superintendent of Netrakona Sheikh Nazmul Alam told this correspondent the allegations against the OC is being investigated.
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