No one will be implicated in 'fictitious cases'

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said investigations will be conducted to find out whether any of the cases recently filed against the BNP leaders and activists are false or fictitious.

“If anybody does not involve themselves in the offences, they will have no apprehension to be implicated in any case; they will be cleared of the cases through final reports submitted to the courts,” he said.

The law minister said this while talking to reporters after inaugurating Muktijuddho Corner of Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) and visiting its extension building in the afternoon.

In response to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's claim that around 4,000 fictitious cases have been filed in last 35 days across the country, Anisul Huq said cases will be filed against those who commit offences mentioned in the jurisprudence.

If there is no evidence or documents against the accused, they will be cleared of the charges, he said.

According to BNP, 4,135 cases have been filed against 85,604 identified and 274,703 unidentified BNP leaders and activists from September 1 to October 4 across the country. During the period, police arrested 4,650 BNP men in those cases, which were termed “false and ghostly cases” by the party.

The minister also told reporters that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will decide when the election-time government will be formed and what its shape will be.

Law Commission Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque, JATI Director General Justice Khondker Musa Khaled and Law Secretary ASSM Zahirul Haque Dulal were also present on the occasion.