Staff Reporter:
Law Minister Md. Asaduzzaman on Wednesday said some 23,865 politically motivated cases to harass people have so far been withdrawn across the country.
The Law Minister said this in Parliament while replying to a starred question from ruling party lawmak-er elected from Dhaka-18 SM Jahangir Hossain during the day’s question-answer session in the House.
He also informed that the process is on to withdraw the rest of the politically motivated cases to harass people through proper scrutiny filed by the fascist Awami League regime.
Replying to another supplementary question from the lawmaker, Asaduzzaman said that when a person is acquitted by a court and proven innocent, it is his fundamental right to be treated with dignity and in accordance with the law.
Responding to another supplementary question from Md Kamrul Hasan (Mymensingh-6), the Law Min-ister said that many teachers have been victims of cases in the past, even those who died 20 years ago, were also victimized through cases.
