Verdict over Nizam Hazari MP on Aug 17

Staff Correspondent: The High Court will deliver its verdict on Feni-2 MP Nizam Uddin Hazari for his alleged forgery in getting early release from jail.

An HC bench comprising Justice Emdadul Haque and Justice Iqbal Kabir fixed the date on Wednesday after the hearing.

Barrister Shafiq Ahmed and Nurul Islam Sujon moved for Nizam Hazari while Kamrul Haque Siddique and Sotto Ranjan Mandol stood for petitioner.

Shakhawat Hossain Bhuiyan, a Jubo League leader of Feni, filed the petition saying that a Chittagong court on August 16, 2000 had sentenced Nizam to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case, but he served in the jail for only five years.

Nizam was sent to Chittagong jail after he surrendered to lower court on September 14, 2000 and he got released from jail on December 1, 2005 through fraudulence, he said.

Shakhawat stated in the petition that Nizam was supposed to serve in the jail till September 13, 2010, and then he was supposed to be qualified for contesting the parliamentary election after next five years [from September 13, 2010] as per the constitution.

According to the constitution, the petitioner said, Nizam cannot be a candidate for contesting the parliamentary election before September 2015.

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