Some Pro-Awami League lawyers tore down a collapsible gate of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) building yesterday.
The incident took place as they found the gate locked up after attending a farewell reception for outgoing Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain at the courtroom 1 of the Appellate Division about 11am.
The ruling party lawyers blamed the BNP-Jamaat lawyers for locking up the gate and said the latter had committed it to foil the farewell programme.
The BNP-Jamaat lawyers however claimed that they did not know who had locked up the gate.
They boycotted the programme, accusing the outgoing chief justice of lots of irregularities, including politicisation, while heading the judiciary.
Awami League lawyer and former SCBA general secretary SM Rezaul Karim told reporters: “We asked security guards to open it but they could not. Lawyers then started pushing and pulling the gate, causing its collapse.”
Replying to a reporters’ query, he said: “Outsiders might have locked up the building gate with political motivations.”
BNP lawyer and SCBA General Secretary Mahbub Uddin Khokon however said he was not aware of who had locked up the gate or who had broken it down.
“Actions be taken up based on investigations into the incidents. If any SCBA member was found involved in it, their membership would be cancelled.”
