Suo moto on govt to provide security to Manzill Murshid

12 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

A High Court (HC) bench yesterday issued a suo moto order asking the government to provide security to Manzill Murshid, a Supreme Court lawyer, and his family members within 15 days. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain passed the order following newspaper reports that Manzil Murshid, president of the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), has received death threats through an anonymous caller in June this year. The caller claims to be an accused in an extortion case also demanded Tk 1 crore as extortion, the reports said. Home Secretary, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner (Protection) of DMP have been asked to implement the order.