HC summons Nilphamari UNO

The High Court (HC) yesterday summoned an upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Nilphamari for addressing a female college student as a “prostitute”.
A Bangla daily on January 16 published a report saying that Kawsar Nasrin, UNO of Nilphamari Sadar upazila, called an honours student of Nilphamari Government College a prostitute and fined her Tk 100 through a mobile court on January 13 for having an affair with a school teacher.
Following the report, the court came up with a suo moto order directing Kawsar to appear before it along with the girl and her father on January 23 to explain her (UNO) conduct with the girl.
It also asked Laksmichap Union Parishad Chairman Aminur Rahman, who was present during the trial by the UNO against the girl, to appear before the court to explain the incident, Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain told The Daily Star.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim also issued a rule upon the district's deputy commissioner, superintendent of police and the UNO to explain in two weeks why legal action should not be taken against the UNO.