HC cautions Laxmipur ADC, Sadar UNO

High Court (HC) has cautioned Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Laxmipur Sheikh Murshidul Islam and UNO of the district's Sadar Upazila Nuruzzaman for jailing a civil surgeon through mobile court.

The HC termed their actions as power abuse and ordered the government to post them in a place where there will be no opportunity for abuse mobile court's power.

The HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah, however, exempted the officials from a rule on legality of their actions, as they sought apology misusing mobile court to punish the former civil surgeon.

On December 5, the High Court summoned the duo to appear before the court at 10:30 am on December 13 and explain the three-month imprisonment of former civil surgeon of the district allegedly for assaulting the ADC.

Earlier on December 4, former Civil Surgeon of Laxmipur Dr Salahuddin Sharif was sentenced to three months imprisonment by the mobile court, led by Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Kamruzzaman, for allegedly assaulting Sheikh Morshedul.

Dr Salauddin and Morshedul went to kindergarten Kakoli Shishu Angan in the district town to pick up their grandson and son respectively around 10:15 am. The duo locked into a brawl following shoving at the crowded school gate.

At one stage of brawl, the ADC slapped the retired civil surgeon and he also retaliated by doing the same.

Later, police detained Dr Salauddin and produced him before the mobile court which handed down the verdict. Meanwhile, a Laxmipur court later granted bail to the former civil surgeon on a bond of Tk 5,000.