Two more lawyers fired for moving cases for militants
Two more government lawyers in Tangail were dismissed from their services on charges of conducting cases for the militants.
They are AKM Nasimul Akhter, special public prosecutor (SPP), and AKM Shamimul Akhter, assistant public prosecutor (APP).
Dismissal letters will be sent to the two law officers tomorrow, Deputy Commissioner M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury told this correspondent yesterday.
The Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs in a letter on December 20 directed the deputy commissioner to dismiss the two government law officers in public interest.
On August 2, assistant public prosecutors (APPs) in Tangail Shahan Shah Siddique and Abu Bakar Siddique Khan were dismissed from their jobs on same allegations.
The all four dismissed lawyers were appointed as government law officers after the Awami League-led grand alliance government came to power.
They were conducting cases for JMB and Allar Dal cadres who were arrested with firearms, explosives and others documents at different places of the district, court sources said.
AKM Nasimul Akhter is vice-president of Tangail Jubo League while AKM Shamimul Akhter law secretary of Tangail district Awami League.
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