'Occupying' Bangla College Land
AL MP Aslamul to face court May 16
The High Court (HC) yesterday summoned ruling Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque to appear before it on May 16 to explain his role over the allegation occupying a four-bigha land of Government Bangla College at Mirpur in the capital.
In response to a writ petition, the court directed the deputy commissioner of Dhaka to conduct a survey over the land through forming an expert committee and to submit a report along with relevant papers before it by May 16.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim passed the order following the writ petition filed by advocate Manzill Murshid on behalf of the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.
Murshid filed the petition yesterday on the basis of a report published in Bangla daily Bangladesh Pratidin on May 5 stating that the possession of four bighas of land of the college is under possession of Aslam, AL lawmaker from Dhaka-14 constituency.
He prayed to the court to pass necessary order to recover the land of the government college from illegal possession.
The HC also issued a rule upon the government to explain in two weeks why its failure to protect the land should not be declared illegal.
In the rule, the court asked the government to explain why it should not be directed to recover the land from the possession of Aslam.
Secretaries to the ministries of land, home affairs and education, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, DC of Dhaka, officer in charge of Mirpur Police Station and Aslamul Haque were made respondent to the rule.
Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain represented the government.
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