Ruling party lawmaker Golam Maula Rony Wednesday submitted a no-confidence petition against the final report pressed by Shahbagh police in the attempt-to-murder case he had filed against Independent TV owner and three journalists.
The police report said Rony made false allegations in the case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Asaduzzaman Nur fixed September 21 to pass an order on the plea, also called na-raji petition, and asked police to submit investigation report the same day.
Kabir Hossain, lawyer for the accused MP, submitted the petition. Rony also took part in the hearing and mentioned that before submitting the report, the police neither informed him nor took his deposition in the case.
According to law, police will send notice to the plaintiff before submission of the final report.
Rony’s counsel Wednesday also filed a petition to allow special vehicle for carrying his client to the court from Kashimpur jail. The court, however, did not give any order. On Tuesday, Rony filed a bail petition with the High Court. Earlier, his bail was rejected two times at the magistrate’s court.
Rony filed the case on July 20 with Shahbagh police station accusing the four of attacking and threatening him with death and trying to extort money from him. He also claimed that the accused threatened to abduct him if he had not paid the demanded money.
He lodged the case hours after assaulting two journalists of the private television channel for entering his office in the capital.
On July 30, Sub-Inspector Abu Zafar, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the police report to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court. The IO also appealed to the court to take action against Rony for filing the “false” case under Section 211 of the Penal Code.
Police said they did not find any evidence to support the allegations Rony made about the two journalists, whom he beat up at his office,of attacking him and threatened to kill.
On July 21, Younus Ali, assistant manager at Independent Television, filed an “attempt-to-murder, vandalism and assault” case with Shahbagh police station accusing Rony and 20 to 25 unnamed people. The next day, he filed a general diary with the same police station alleging that Rony and his people had threatened him and demanded that he withdrew the case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Shariar Mahmud Adnan on July 24 cancelling his bail issued an arrest warrant against Rony in connection with the attempt-to-murder case. The MP was arrested the same day from the city’s Badda area.