Withdrawal of 68 more cases recommended

The government on Tuesday recommended to withdraw 68 more cases considering that those were filed with political motive during the tenure of BNP-Jama'at government and the subsequent caretaker regime, reports UNB. The present government has so far recommended the withdrawal of 7,100 "politically motivated" cases till Tuesday. An inter-ministerial committee on 'political harassment" cases made the recommendation at its meeting held at the Home Ministry with State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam in the chair. After the meeting, Quamrul told the reporters that a total of 320 cases were placed for review Tuesday. After scrutiny, the meeting decided to withdraw 68 cases while 188 more cases were denied consideration.