DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Monday dismissed its rule related to seeking court order on government to trace and produce missing BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed.

The court also ordered the Police Headquarters authorities to continue search to trace the missing leader and submit report to the Ministry of Home Affairs every month.

A HC bench of Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Govinda Chandra Thakur passed the order at the noon.

Barrister Khandakar Mahbub Hossain moved for the plaintiff while Additional Attorney General Mumtaz Uddin Fakir and Deputy Attorney General Bashir Ullah stood for the state in the court.

Earlier on April 15, the same HC bench deferred its day to pass order on the rule till April 20, which the court fixed after conducting hearing on April 8 and 9.

Earlier on march 12, HC issued a rule upon government to explain why directions should not be given to find out Salauddin and produce him before it within March 15 in response to a petition filed by Salauddin’s wife Hasina Ahmed.

Later, the court conducted hearing on the rule on March 15 to 16 and April 8 to 9.

On March 11, BNP and Salauddin’s family alleged that law enforcers along with RAB personnel detained him from Uttara in city after 10:00pm on March 10.
 
However, RAB, police or detective branch denied detaining Salauddin, who had announced party programs from an unknown location till his alleged detention.

BDST: 1259 HRS, APR 20, 2015
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