A High Court bench yesterday summoned five persons, including two bail guarantors of Awami League MP Nizam Uddin Hazari, to clarify on November 5 whether how he got out of jail on bail in 2006 while serving terms in an arms case was legal.
The bench of judges Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan issued the summons during the hearing of a writ petition that accuses Nizam of having resorted to forgery to get out of jail early to contest the January 5 polls.
Three others summoned are MA Bashar, who appeared for him before the court in 2006, then assistant attorney general AKM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and the third is his lower court lawyer.
They also asked the Supreme Court registrar to produce before it on the same day all the documents on which Nizam had secured bail in the case.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, writ petition lawyer Manzill Murshid said there is a doubt over the validity of the bail order issued in favour of the Awami League MP.
Chittagong’s additional district magistrate has been directed to ensure that all the five, including two bail guarantors, appear and produce all the relevant arms case documents before the bench on the scheduled date, he said.
The High Court on September 10 had issued a similar order but that was not complied because of not communicating it properly to the respondents in time, Manzill said.
