Lawyer Manzill Murshid gets death threat
Supreme Court lawyer Manzill Murshid has allegedly got a death threat from some men of a drug company, for challenging a report that was in its favour.
Manzill, also the president of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), yesterday lodged a general diary (GD) with Shahbagh Police Station in this regard.
He said two to three men belonging to the drug company threatened to kill him on the Supreme Court premises yesterday when he was getting out of a courtroom after opposing a petition of the drug company praying to the High Court for allowing it to produce medicines.
The hearing on the petition has been adjourned for a week.
In the GD, Manzill said due to the incident he now feels insecure. They may also harm his family as he moves cases for public interest. He also requested police to take necessary legal actions.
Following a writ petition filed by HRPB, the HC on April 3 directed the health secretary to form a five-member committee in 15 days to monitor whether 28 drug companies were following the Good Manufacturing Practice set by the WHO.
As the health secretary formed a four-member committee excluding a WHO representative, the HRPB moved a contempt of court petition before the HC on July 17 against the secretary and a senior assistant secretary to the health ministry.
The HC the same day issued a contempt of court rule against them for not properly complying with its order.
Meanwhile, the HC directed the officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station to produce the people who threatened Manzill Murshid before it by today, Manzill Murshid told The Daily Star last night.
Contacted, OC Abul Hasan told this correspondent that he is yet to receive any such order.
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