His jail order sends court into chaos
A group of lawyers snatched a fellow lawyer and an accused in a fraud case from the dock of a Dhaka court yesterday as it rejected his bail petition and ordered sending him to jail.
The lawyers also vandalised furniture and windowpanes of the courtroom after Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam rejected the bail petition of advocate Nurul Islam, and passed an order sending the accused to jail.
Nurul Islam later surrendered to the same court at 5:30pm.
Court sources and witnesses said a group of lawyers appeared before the court at about 2:00pm, and submitted bail petition for Nurul Islam in a fraud case.
After hearing the petition, the magistrate asked the lawyers to wait for a while for order. About half an hour later, a group of Nurul Islam's colleagues appeared before the court and asked the magistrate about the delay in passing the order.
The lawyers alleged that the magistrate misbehaved with them, turned down their colleague's bail prayer and ordered sending him to jail. The aggrieved lawyers then raised a hue and cry over it and took away the accused lawyer, one lawyer said, seeking anonymity.
Following this, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) AKM Enamul Haque and several other magistrates went there and tried to bring the situation under control. The officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station also visited the spot.
The CMM and his colleagues had a meeting with members of the Dhaka Bar Association led by its President Sheikh Hemayet Hossain and General Secretary Iqbal Hossain for settling the matter amicably, court sources said.
When asked, Iqbal Hossain said they requested the CMM not to proceed with the matter.
Kotwali police said they did not get any complaint about vandalism in court.
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