HC verdict on writ seeking no shoot directives for law enforcers today
The High Court is scheduled to announce its verdict on a writ petition seeking directives for law enforcement agencies not to shoot at quota reform protesters during their programmes.
The writ also sought the release of six quota reform leaders currently under the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of police.
Supreme Court Lawyers Ainun Nahar Siddiqa and Manjur Al Matin filed the petition yesterday (29 July), keeping the cabinet secretary, secretary of the home ministry, inspector general of police, chief of army staff and others concerned as respondents to the petition.
A hearing on the petition took place yesterday on the HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice SM Masud Hossain Dolon.
‘Don’t mock the nation’
During the hearing of the petition, the High Court expressed its indignation over the release of a video showing six coordinators of the quota reform movement dining at the Detective Branch office in Dhaka, terming the incident a “mockery” of the nation.
“Whoever you detain, you make them sit at the dining table. Who is asking you to do these things? Do not mock the nation in this manner,” the HC bench told the state counsels during a hearing of the petition.
