PP recommends withdrawal of 35 more cases

The metropolitan public prosecutor (MPP) yesterday recommended for withdrawal of 35 more cases considering those as "political harassment and motivated" ones.
Sources said MPP Advocate Mohammad Abdullah Abu scrutinised the case dockets and documents and finally recommended to withdraw those cases.
The accused in the cases include former state minister for planning Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and former Awami League lawmaker Dr HBM Iqbal.
All the cases had been filed against them during BNP regime and the immediate past caretaker government.
The PP also asked the authorities concerned to send those cases to the Dhaka District Magistrate (DM) for final opinion for withdrawal.
Earlier on different dates, MPP had recommended for withdrawal of over 300 cases filed against political bigwigs including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Home Minister Sahara Khatun.
After receipt of the recommendations from the MPP on 200 cases, the district committee headed by DM reviewed the case documents and sent those to the home ministry for final opinion, sources said.
The home ministry then had finally decided to withdraw over 100 cases filed against Hasina and several other bigwigs.
Meantime, different political leaders, including BNP chairperson and former prime Khaleda Zia, petitioned for withdrawal of 2781 cases filed against them for harassing politically.