A special tribunal in Chittagong issued an arrest warrant yesterday against Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury, the nayeb-e-ameer of radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Judge SM Majibur Rahman of the Special Tribunal 1 issued the arrested warrant after looking over the case’s charge sheet, ACC lawyer Mahmudul Haq said.
The court also set May 12 for the hearing on the framing of charges against the accused, who is also the principal of the Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia, better known as the Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa – an alleged den of the banned Islamist outfit Huji.
The ACC submitted the charge sheet to the Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on April 21.
The case was filed with the Khulshi police station on July 17 last year as the Hefazat leader had failed to respond to an ACC notice sent on July 4 seeking his wealth information.
