Suspended GCC mayor Zahangir gets HC bail in seven cases
FE REPORT | Tuesday, 23 August 2022
The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to suspended Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam for six weeks in seven cases filed against him for his controversial comments on Bangabandhu and Liberation War martyrs.
The High Court bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Salim passed the order on August 4 this year after hearing the bail petitions filed by Zahangir Alam, accoeding to the Supreme Court website, on Monday.
The cases were filed in Panchagarh, Rajbari, Gazipur, Naogaon, Madaripur and Gopalganj districts after his comments.
Speaking at a programme in late September in 2021, Zahangir made some comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the number of Liberation War martyrs. Its video footage went viral on social media.
AL leaders and activists and its associated organisations demonstrated and demanded punishment for the Gazipur mayor.
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