HC summons judge over �judge�s palace�

HC summons judge over ?judge?s palace?? Staff Correspondent  The High Court on Thursday summoned a judge of Feni district court and four others to appear before it on May 17 over an allegation of grabbing ?a magnificent palace of former Hindu Zaminder? at Nawabganj in Dhaka.

They are: Judge Abul Hossain Mamun, his brothers Abul Kalam Khandaker, and Abu Ashfaq, who is also a local BNP leader and chairman of Nawabganj upazila, and their uncle Hasem and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Nawabganj.

Issuing a suo moto order following publication of a report on daily sun on Thursday, the court directed the authorities concerned and the persons involved in the palace grabbing to maintain a status quo over its possession for the next three months. The court at the same time also issued a rule upon the authorities and the persons to explain in two weeks as to why the government should not be directed to evict the grabbers from the historic palace and to prosecute them.

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Source: daily-sun.com

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