A writ petition has been filed in the High Court seeking directions to ensure the protection of all the sculptures of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Supreme Court lawyer Uttam Lahiri filed the writ petition at the branch concerned of the High Court on Sunday, reports Bangla Tribune.
The writ petition said: "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman brought us freedom. He is the symbol of liberation. His sculptures must not remain unprotected.”
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“Therefore, in the writ petition, instructions have been sought to ensure the safety of all the sculptures of Bangabandhu.”
In the writ, people concerned, including the secretary for home affairs, were made defendants. It was learned that the High Court bench headed by Justice JBM Hassan may hear the writ petition.
On Saturday, miscreants defaced an under construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the five roads intersection in Kushtia city.
The incident took place amid protests by various Islamist organizations across the country over the construction of Bangabandhu's sculpture.
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Then on Sunday, police arrested two people in connection with the incident.
Bangladesh Awami Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League announced that they would stage demonstrations across the country protesting the vandalism.
Meanwhile, Muktijuddho Moncho, a pro-Liberation War platform, said they would file a sedition case against Mamunul Haque, joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam, and Faizul Karim, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, for opposing the construction of a sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
