Liberation War
HC summons six for distorting history
The High Court yesterday summoned six academicians including pro-vice chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Harun-or Rashid before it on March 5 in connection with a writ petition filed on charge of distorting history of the Liberation War.
Five others are Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Vice Chancellor Prof Aminur Rashid, Prof Shawkat Ara Hossain, Prof Sadiha Sultana, Mahfuza Chowdhury and HM Delwar Hossain.
During hearing of the petition, the HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim asked them to appear before it to explain their roles in distorting information on the Liberation War in two textbooks written by them under BOU.
Supreme Court lawyers Altaf Uddin Ahmed and Mahmud Hossain had filed the petition with the HC in January 2010 saying that Sociology 2nd paper and Civics 2nd paper of HSC under the BOU have termed late president Ziaur Rahman the declarer of the country's independence, although the HC in a verdict in 2009 ruled that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the declarer of the independence.
The books also said that Ziaur Rahman was the greatest son of the country and nation, although the HC termed Bangabandhu is the greatest Bangalee of thousand years.
The writ petition stated that the books were published suppressing the historical facts and incorporating false and fabricated information on the declaration of the independence.
The HC on January 25, 2010, directed the authorities concerned to stop publishing and circulating of the textbooks and also issued a rule upon them to show cause why the books should not be confiscated and their publications should not be declared illegal.
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