DAG Imran announced it to make somebody happy: AG
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin today said Deputy Attorney General Imran Ahmed Bhuiyan's intention behind telling media about not signing an alleged statement on Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus was to make "somebody happy".
Speaking to reporters at his office in the Supreme Court premises, the AG also denied that his office was preparing any statement protesting the recent letter in favour of Prof Yunus sent by global figures and Nobel Laureates to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
"He [Imran] did not talk to me before briefing newsmen at a place where regular briefings take place. You, reporters, inquire into the matter. Certainly, he has done it in order to make somebody happy," he told reporters at his office on the Supreme Court premises.
Replying to a query, he said he would not take any step against DAG Imran as he was not the appointing authority.
AG Amin said he had earlier briefed the media on behalf of the attorney general's office about the global leaders' letter to the prime minister over the trial proceedings against Prof Yunus.
Therefore, no other law officer under the attorney general's office needed to make any briefing to media on this issue, he added.
The attorney general said his office has not prepared any statement.
DAG Imran on Monday said he refrained from signing a statement, which he said was prepared by the attorney general's office, protesting the global figures' letter.
"I have decided not to sign the statement as I support the letter issued by the Nobel laureates and world leaders about the trial proceedings against Muhammad Yunus. I think Dr Yunus is an honourable person. His prestige is being damaged and he is being subjected to judicial harassment," Imran told reporters at a briefing on the Supreme Court premises.
Contacted, Imran told The Daily Star that the attorney general's office was preparing a statement protesting the letter issued by many Nobel laureates and other global figures, signed by the attorney general, additional attorneys general, deputy attorneys general and assistant attorneys general.
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