Dhaka: Bangladesh’s former Chief Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque was arrested on Thursday morning from his Dhaka residence, local media reported, quoting the police.
“We arrested former Chief Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque from his Dhanmondi residence sometime after 8 a.m. on Thursday (July 24). He will be brought to the DB office. After that, action will be taken against him later,” reports leading Bangladeshi newspaper Jugantor, quoting Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Joint Commissioner, Mohammad Nasirul Islam.
However, the senior police official did not divulge any details on the grounds of his arrest and the ongoing investigation. “We will share more information once the details are available,” said the DB official.
His arrest also follows a series of detentions of people associated with the Awami League government, adding to the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government’s efforts to suppress Hasina’s party.
Khairul was appointed as the country’s 19th Chief Justice in September 2010 and served until May 2011. He also served as the chairman of the Law Commission starting in 2013, for a three-year term during the tenure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and was later reportedly reappointed to the post several times.
He tendered his resignation from the post of Chairman on August 13 last year, just days after the ouster of democratically-elected Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League. (IANS)
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