GovernmentGovt appoints around 1,300 legal officers this month

This month, the government assigned 1,299 legal officers to various courts spread throughout 25 districts nationwide.

Thirty of the legal officers were assigned to Munshiganj, forty-one to Lakshmipur, forty-seven to Feni, sixty-two to Naogaon, seventy-five to Noakhali, forty-eight to Manikganj, sixty-one to Narsingdi, sixty-one to Tangail, twenty-six to Chapainawabganj, seventy-one to Gazipur, thirty-one to Magura, fourteen to Narail, thirty-three to Chuadanga, eighteen to Gopalganj, fifty-five to Kushtia, thirty-four to Habiganj, forty-one to Barguna, fifty-two to Chandpur, eighty to Patuakhali, forty-five to Gaibandha, sixty-four to Rajshahi, fifty-two to Chandpur, fifty-eight to Chandpur, forty-eight to Patuakhali, forty-five to Gaibandha, sixty-four to Jamalpur, and eighty to Pabna, Law Ministry Spokesperson Dr. Rezaul Karim told BSS.
 
The law ministry has appointed them as government pleader (GP), additional GP, assistant GP, public prosecutor (PP), additional PP, assistant PP in the courts of the district and session judges, tribunals and courts of special judges in these districts.
 
Furthermore, 20 special public prosecutors (PPs) were assigned to a case pertaining to the 2009 BDR mutiny under the Explosive Substances Act that was filed with the Lalbagh Police Station.

Md. Borhan Uddin, Forhad Niyon, Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, Mst. Robhana Nasrin Shefali, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Md. Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Md. Shafiul Boshor Sajal, Golam Moktadir Uzzal, Hannan Bhuiyan, Md. Abdul Latif, Md. Mehedi Hasan Jewel, Gazi Mashkurul Alam Sourabh, Md. Helel Uddin, Md. Zillur Rahman, Md. Mahfujur Rahman Ilias, Md. Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Md. Mehebub Hossain, Md. Mizanur Rahman Shihab, Md. Khurshid Alam, and Ajgar Hossain are the 20 newly appointed special public prosecutors.
On November 3, 10, and 13, the law ministry’s solicitor wing issued three distinct recruitment instructions.
 
The government had also cancelled the appointments of the earlier appointed legal officers and relieved them from their charges, the ministry official added.