Bangladesh
Karim Uddin Bharsha High Court directs to produce Karim Uddin Bharsha before it on Mar 6
Own Correspondent, Dhaka, February 21: The High Court has directed to produce Jatiya Party leader and former MP Karim Uddin Bharsha, who is currently in the custody of his one son.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order on Sunday with a preliminary hearing of the writ petition filed by his other nine children.
The High Court, in the rule, has wanted to know why Karim Uddin Bharsha, who is in the custody of his son Md. Saiful Uddin Bharsha, will not be directed to appear before the court to ensure that he has not been detained outside the legal authority, and, at the same time, why the politician will not be in the joint safe custody of his nine other children (petitioner).
Home Secretary, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Rangpur Kotwali Police Station and son of Karim Uddin Varsa - Md. Saiful Uddin Bharsha Shimul, Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and OC of Gulshan Police Station have been directed to respond to the rule.
On the other hand, Saiful Uddin directed Bharsha (Shimul) has been directed to produce his father in court on March 6. Lawyers Afroza Firoz Mita, Kamrun Mahmood, Sabrina Jerin and M Abdul Qayyum were in favour of the petition.
Lawyer Abdul Qayyum said Karim Uddin Bharsha was handed over to one of his sons, Saiful Uddin Bharsha Shimul, in a lower court case. But Saiful Uddin Bharsha Shimul has almost taken his father into custody. He does not allow his other siblings to visit his father. For this, nine other children of Karim Uddin Bharsha approached the High Court. They filed a habeas corpus writ petition to bring their father to the High Court. The court issued a rule on the hearing and directed Saiful Uddin Bharsha to produce Karim Uddin Bharsha on March 6.
Karim Uddin Bharsha was the presidium member of Jatiya Party and the party's Rangpur district president.�He was elected Member of Parliament from Rangpur-1 (Gangachara) constituency in 1991, and Rangpur-4 (Kaunia-Pirgachha) constituency in 1996 and 2001.
