HC rebukes AL leader over forced begging
The High Court has reprimanded a leader of Awami League for speaking
to the media on an under-investigation matter like forcing children
into begging.
Haji Sulaiman Matbar, Awami League leader of Kamrangirchar on the
outskirts of Dhaka, was rebuked by the bench of justices A H M
Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain when he
appeared before it on Thursday responding to a court summon.
The court said: "One cannot be spared for wearing Mujib coat."
Black coats worn by Awami League leaders, as independence architect
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did, is called Mujib coat.
Matbar, a suspect of abducting and forcing a seven-year-old boy,
Niamul, into begging, held a press conference on Jan 26 where he
claimed that he had no connection with the crime.
The boy, having several wounds on his body, including one on the
genital, was rescued from Kamrangirchar area a year back.
The bench said: "There is no use of the attempts to divert the
incident… None can do this, whatever powerful they may be. The court
is the most powerful."
The court, however, forgave Matbar when his lawyer, Awami League
presidium member Yusuf Hossain Humayun, sought unconditional apology
on his behalf.
Following newspaper reports on Niamul, the same court issued a suo
moto rule on Jan 2 on the government and police asking them to
implement the provisions of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance
regarding street begging.
It also asked the government to explain why a directive should not be
issued to stop forced panhandling through mutilation.
The High Court on Jan 9 also ordered immediate legal action against
sub-inspector Nurul Alam of Kamrangirchar police and asked the
director general of Dhaka Medical College to form a medical board to
ensure proper treatment of Niamul.
On Jan 14, Omar Faruq, the alleged ringleader behind forced begging,
was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion.
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=186402&cid=2
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