Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed yesterday sought “unconditional apology” before the High Court on a contempt of court allegation in connection with the renovation of the Azimpur graveyard’s wall.
The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Izarul Haque summoned Benazir along with the DMP deputy commissioner of Lalbagh zone and the Lalbagh police station officer-in-charge on the grounds of contempt of court in a writ relating to the renovation of boundary wall at Azimpur graveyard in the city.
Benazir told the court that the police received 16 letters from the Dhaka South City Corporation, but none of them had any specific date for deploying force to renovate the wall.
Claiming the renovation work had began on September 2 in accordance with the court order, the commissioner also presented several photographs showing the progress of the work.
Benzir said: “We do not want to blame anybody. The city corporation is our brother organisation. The work will be completed soon. Still, if there is any mistake I offer my unconditional apology.”
The court ordered Benazir to look into the renovation work until it was completed.
Barrister Tanzeeb Ul Alam represented the state, while Mohammad Asad Ullah stood for the petitioner.
Earlier, one Zakir Hossain filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the city corporation’s construction of a road by breaking the wall beside the graveyard. The plaintiff later sought a contempt of court order against authorities concerned after a High Court order on renovating the wall was ignored.
The DMP commissioner was summoned after he failed to comply to a court directive on supplying sufficient manpower to renovate the wall.
