Tantamount to contempt of court

BNP leader Moudud Ahmed's comment regarding disposals of cases against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is tantamount to contempt of court, said State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam yesterday.
On October 13, Moudud told a programme in the capital that there were 14 corruption cases against Hasina, which she had managed to withdraw after assuming power in 2008, and if the trials of the cases were held, she might have got 108 years of imprisonment.
In this regard, Qamrul told journalists at his office yesterday that Moudud had committed falsehood by making the baseless and fabricated statement.
Urging Moudud to withdraw his comment, Qamrul said the cases against Hasina were quashed by the High Court following legal procedures, as those were not acceptable for trials.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Moudud and many others earlier took similar facilities in respect of cases against them, he added.