Outgoing Supreme Court Bar president wants Khaleda’s release

Dhaka, April 03 – Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) outgoing president Advocate Zainul Abedin yesterday demanded the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been languishing in jail since February 2018.
After citing his achievement during his two years tenure as president of the SCBA, the outgoing president made the demand at a press briefing at the Supreme Court auditorium yesterday afternoon.
In a written statement, the SCBA president said, “The country’s democratic leader and three times prime minister of the country has been in jail since long with an ill motive, which is politically motivated. Her health condition has been deteriorating day by day as she is seriously ill. I am seeking her release at the end of my tenure.”
He also alleged that the government has no good intention to release the BNP chairperson from jail. Although the High Court granted her bail in the cases, but the government repeatedly moved before the Appellate Division for staying the High Court order.
The outgoing SCBA president said that the High Court granted bail to BNP chief in Cumilla murder case. And all of the accused in the case are now on bail. But, the attorney general office has moved before the
Appellate Division for staying the High Court order that granted bail to BNP chief in the case, which is reflected that the government has no good intention to release the BNP chief, he noted.
In response to a query, SCBA secretary Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan said that no one from her home or lawyer file petition seeking her release in parole. Even, anyone did not propose for her parole, Khokan said. – Staff Reporter