A former civil surgeon jailed over a scuffle with an administrative officer in Lakshmipur for three months has been freed of all charges by a court.
Judge Iqbal Hossain of the Lakshmipur Additional District Magistrate's Court released Dr Mohammad Salahuddin Sharif, who was sentenced to three months in jail, after granting his appeal on Wednesday.
Salahuddin's lawyer Rasel Mahmud Rana confirmed the court's decision to Dhaka Tribune.
In an immediate reaction after his release, Salahuddin said he was happy that the allegations against him had been proved to be false.
He said the wrongful imprisonment had caused great mental and social distress to him and his family.
A mobile court sentenced former Lakshmipur acting civil surgeon Salahuddin Sharif to three months in jail on Monday for “mistreating” Lakshmipur Additional Deputy Commissioner Shaikh Murshidul Islam.
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The former civil surgeon and the ADC were engaged in a brawl over entry into the schoolyard of Kakoli Shishu School, which is under the supervision of the district administration, in the town. Dr Salahuddin and ADC Murshidul went to the school to pick up their grandson and son respectively. Later, police sent Salahuddin to jail.
On Tuesday afternoon, Lakshmipur Additional District Magistrate Mir Shawkat Ali granted bail to Dr Salahuddin on a Tk5,000 bond, after Dr Salahuddin Sharif’s lawyer filed a petition with the court on Tuesday morning.
A High Court bench has ordered ADC Murshidul and Md Nuruzzaman, Lakshmipur Sadar upazila executive officer (UNO) who manages the mobile courts in that jurisdiction, to appear before it on December 13 to explain the incident and the sentencing by the mobile court.