Ex-CJ Khairul Haque on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand for former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque in a case filed with Shahbagh Police Station.

Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sanauallah passed the order on Wednesday (July 30).

Haque was produced before the court, where Shahbagh Police Station Inspector Khalek Miah, the investigating officer, sought a 10-day remand. Additional Public Prosecutor Shamsuddoha Sumon argued in support of the remand during the hearing. After hearing arguments from both sides, the judge granted a seven-day remand.

The case was filed last year under Sections 219 and 466 of the Penal Code, accusing Haque of delivering an “unlawful verdict” and preparing a “forged judgment” while serving as a judge. The complaint alleges he scrapped the caretaker government system in a “corrupt and biased” manner.

On the morning of July 24, members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Haque from a house in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.

Later that day, he was sent to jail by the court of Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sanauallah in connection with the murder of teenager Abdul Kaiyum Ahad, filed with Jatrabari Police Station over the anti-discrimination movement.

Khairul Haque served as the Chief Justice from October 1, 2010, to May 17, 2011. On July 23, 2013, he was appointed Chairman of the Law Commission for a three-year term, which was later extended multiple times.