ZCZC
BSS-34
WRIT-FRAUD-PURCHASING-BOOK
Writ seeking judicial probe on ‘fraud’ in purchasing books for
Bangabandhu Corner filed
DHAKA, Aug 31, 2020 (BSS) – A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ
with the High Court, pleading for its direction in judicial or independent
probe into the allegations of fraud and irregularity in purchasing books for
Bangabandhu Corner in primary schools across the country.
Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed the writ, referring different
newspaper reports on the alleged forgery against the two publication houses.
People concerned including Secretary of Liberation War Affairs Ministry,
Secretary of Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Director General of
Directorate of Primary and Mass Education, authorities of Journey Multimedia
and Swadhika Publishers, were made respondents in the writ.
The petitioner, a former prosecutor of the International Crimes
Tribunal, said the High Court division bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and
Justice AKM Zahirul Huq might hear the plea.
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