CHITTAGONG : Port city Mayor M Manjur Alam Tuesday appealed to the court for repealing the case filed by former Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury for concealing information and submitting wrong affidavit to the retuning officer.   

The Mayor made the appeal through his lawyer to the Election Tribunal and first Joint District Judge Golam Faruk.

The court fixed September 1 for next hearing on the case.

Earlier on July 18, Mohiuddin’s son Barrister Chowdhury Mohibul Hasan filed the case on behalf of his father.

In the case statement, Mohiuddin pleaded for canceling the entire election process apart from declaring “illegal” and “in-fructuous” Manjur’s election as mayor as he alleged his former colleague-turned-rival submitted wrong affidavit to the retuning officer.   

The judge had taken the case into the cognizance and fixed August 17 for hearing on the case.

Nurul Islam, Lawyer of Mayor Manjur, today said to the court that as per section 37 of the Local Government Election Act-2009 and sections 53 and 56 of Chittagong City Corporation Election Act-2010, there is no chance to file a case without the presence of the plaintiff.

The court later fixed September 1 as the next date of hearing after the plaintiff’s lawyers sought more time.

Backed by Chittagong City BNP, Manjur Alam was elected mayor defeating Mohiuddin Chowdhury, the thrice-elected mayor and AL-backed mayoral candidate, in the mayoral race on June 17.

BDST: 1544 HRS, AUG 17, 2010