Superintendant of Police (SP) of Kushtia on Monday offered unconditional apology to the High Court for allegedly misbehaving with a senior judicial magistrate during Bheramara municipality election held on January 16.
SP SM Tanvir Arafat appeared before a High Court virtual bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khizir Hayat and offered his apology in writing through his lawyer.
The court gave exemption to the police official from personal appearance and set February 17 for further hearing on the matter. The court also ordered
authorities concerned to provide security till that day to Md Shahjahan Ali, who acted as presiding officer in that election, and his family.
“The SP couldn’t recognize senior judicial magistrate Md Mohsin Hasan and made the mistake. He would be more careful in future while conducting his
duty,” Md Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury, counsel of SP SM Tanvir Arafat, told the court.
Md Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury and Ahmed Ishtiaq appeared for the police official while Aneek R Haque and Ishrat Hasan stood for the presiding officer. Deputy Attorney General Taherul Islam was there in the hearing for the state.
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