Gazipur City Corporation’s suspended Mayor MA Mannan has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the government order to suspend him for the third time. Mannan’s legal counselor Advocate Abu Hanif filed the petition on his behalf on Sunday, reports the UNB. The Local Government Division issued the suspension after a lower court accepted charges against Mannan in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for misusing power and embezzling state money. Mannan took the charge of the city mayor on June 18, after 28 months of suspension, following an order of the Supreme Court. The GCC mayor has now been suspended thrice, with the first suspension on August 19, 2015 and again on April 18 last year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 09, 2017 08:37 UTC