Lakshmipur ex-civil surgeon gets acquittal

Former civil surgeon of Lakshmipur, Salahuddin Sharif, who was sentenced to three-month imprisonment by a mobile court for ‘assaulting’ an additional deputy commissioner, was acquitted of the charge on Wednesday.

Additional district magistrate Iqbal Hossain passed the order when Salahuddin filed a petition, said Salahuddin Sharif’s lawyer advocate Rasel Mahmud Manna.

Earlier on Monday, the former civil surgeon was sentenced to three months jail by a mobile court, led by sadar upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) M Nuruzzaman, for ‘assaulting’ ADC Sheikh Morshedul, reports UNB.

Salauddin and Morshedul went to a kindergarten, Kakoli Shishu Angan, in the district town to pick up their sons around 10:15am.

The duo locked into a brawl following shoving at the crowded school gate. At one stage, the ADC slapped the retired civil surgeon and he also retaliated by doing the same.

Later, police detained Salauddin and produced him before the mobile court which handed down the verdict.

Meanwhile, a Lakshmipur court on Tuesday granted bail to the former civil surgeon on a bond of Tk 5,000.