Bangladesh’s ex-supreme court judge detained near border with India
The Hindu
Retired Bangladeshi judge detained at India border amid political chaos and arrests of government officials and leaders.
A retired judge of Bangladesh's Supreme Court was detained from the northeastern frontier with India in Sylhet while he was allegedly attempting to flee the country, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said late on Friday (August 23, 2024).
The report came hours after the arrest of Awami League leader ASM Firoz from his residence.
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The BGB headquarters, in an SMS, informed reporters that they have detained former apex appellate division judge of the Supreme Court Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik as he was trying to cross over to India through Sylhet’s Kanaighat border.
Newspaper Prothom Alo said Manik was kept at a BGB outpost till midnight citing the camp’s in-charge.
Bangladesh descended into chaos after ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's government collapsed and she fled to India on August 5 amid violent protests over quota for government jobs, while the Army stepped in to fill the power vacuum.
Before that, anti-government protests had killed more than 500 people since mid-July. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath as the Chief Adviser of the interim government on August 8.
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