Relief Irregularities: Legal notice seeks mobile court drives

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice to the government requesting it to conduct mobile court to give exemplary punishment to those involved in irregularities in relief distribution and misappropriation of relief materials during the ongoing crisis due to coronavirus.

Advocate Md Moniruzzaman Lincoln sent the legal notice to the law and home secretaries through emails, asking them to take necessary steps to this effect in seven days.

He said in the legal notice that some dishonest people including local public representatives are reportedly misappropriating relief materials allocated by the government for the poor and destitute people.

Such irregularities and misappropriation are punishable offence under the law and the offenders can be punished through the mobile court as per the relevant rules of the Mobile Court Act, 2009, the lawyer said.

Advocate Moniruzzaman Lincon told The Daily Star that he will move a writ petition before the High Court seeking necessary orders if the respondents don't take steps in seven days in line with the requirements mentioned in the legal notice.