Suranjit demands actions against Molla’s son for 'contemptuous' comments

Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta has said the remarks of Abdul Quader Molla’s son Hasan Jamil over his father’s execution for war crimes amount to contempt of court.

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Published : 12 Dec 2014, 06:04 PM
Updated : 12 Dec 2014, 06:04 PM

He urged the authorities to take actions against Jamil.

Speaking at a discussion in Dhaka on Friday, Sengupta said: “The remarks of Quader Molla’s son are very audacious and objectionable. They’re violation of Constitution and in contempt of court.”

“I would like to urge the relevant authorities to consider the matter seriously and take effective measures (against him),” he added.

The statement of Sengupta, a member of the ruling party’s Advisory Council, came a day after Jamil called his father’s hanging a ‘murder’.

“My father could not know before leaving this world if he had the right to have his review petition (filed to the Appellate Division against the death sentence) heard,” he said at a press conference at the Supreme Court Bar Association auditorium on Thursday.

“It’s nothing less than a murder when someone is deprived of his right to take full protection of law,” he had added.

Within hours of Jamil’s statement, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam described it as tantamount to contempt of court.

Sengupta, the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, expressed resentment at the absence of action against Jamil.

Addressing government officials, he said: “Quader Molla’s son has claimed that the Supreme Court has killed his father. What are you doing? Is it a fun?