MU Ahmed's Death
SC Bar won't greet judges after vacation
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday decided to refrain from greeting the Supreme Court judges on October 9, the day it reopens after an ongoing vacation, in protest against the death of pro-BNP lawyer MU Ahmed.
The SCBA decided this at a general meeting at its South Hall, with SCBA President Khandker Mahbub Hossain in the chair.
Ahmed died at a city hospital on August 26, 16 days after he suffered a heart attack in police custody.
Traditionally the judges and lawyers of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the SC meet and exchange greetings on the court's resumption after its annual autumn vacation.
Khandker Mahbub told the meeting that MU Ahmed might not have died, if the HC judges had granted him anticipatory bail in the case filed by police on charges of assaulting them and preventing them from carrying out their duties.
Had Ahmed been granted bail, he would not have been arrested and tortured in custody and died, insisted Mahbub.
He also pointed out that the HC denied anticipatory bails to 14 lawyers including Ahmed in a normal case, although many accused of serious offences get anticipatory bail.
SCBA Secretary Bodruddoza Badal, Assistant Secretary Kamruzzaman Mamun and Treasurer Fahima Nasrin Munni, among others, spoke at the meeting.
Meanwhile, pro-BNP lawyers' organisation Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (JAF) yesterday staged demonstrations at different district courts across the country demanding recording of a case in connection with the death of MU Ahmed, JAF's Secretary General Mahabubuddin Khokon told The Daily Star.
He also demanded arrest of Home Minister Sahara Khatun and five others, holding them responsible for the death.
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