'Snatching' Convict
Lawmaker denies allegations
Bagmara lawmaker Enamul Haque yesterday denied snatching a convicted owner of an illegally-run brick kiln from a mobile court in the upazila a day ago.
“I just tried to remind the magistrate [who led the court] of ensuring justice, as law is not for harassing anyone,†he told The Daily Star.
Enamul claimed that he intervened into the mobile court's activities after “locals complained to him about the matter when he was passing by the kilnâ€.
On Sunday, Enamul rebuked Executive Magistrate M Sirajuddoula by phone for sentencing the kiln owner, Ahsanul Kabir, to six months' imprisonment.
His motorcade turned up at the kiln site in Sikdari Kalapara village when the magistrate refused to withdraw the verdict and he took Ahsanul away with him. Enamul and Ahsanul live in the same village.
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