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Sylhet still hangs in balance for a mayor

Ashfaq Wares Kua\ and Iqbal Siddiquee, sylhet
Sylhet having a new city father still hangs on the balance as the mayor-elect Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran is still awaiting a court verdict on four charges of corruption and crime.
» However, the Awami League leaders feel they have enough leverage now in hand to press for his release.
Kamran's family joined thousands in celebrating the victory' FROM PAGE 1
Monday night and through yesterday.
Despite Kamran coining out victorious in all polling centres. his family and close aides are cautious about his future.
Arman Ahmed Sliiplu. Kamran s son. told The Daily Star, "We are not sure what will happen but the people of Sylhet needs a mayor. We hope the government will reconsider his cases."
He said the family would move for his bail.
Arrested May last year Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran currently faces four charges: kitchenmarket scam (an eight-year old charge), possessing "foreign liquor", violating the Emergency Powers Rules, and illegally acouiring wealth, for which he was charge-sheeted Thursday.
He is likely to face the divisional special judge in connection with the illegal wealth case within a week, according to Sylhet s public prosecu -tor.
But his political backers, especially the Awami League (AL), arc confident Monday's huge victory over his rivals has given them a enough leverage in negotiations with the government to not only release Kamran, but also other detained AL leaders.
Former Sylhet MP and senior AL leader AMA Muhith said. "We will soon move for his release at the High Court. He should come out and join his work. A number of laws are being distorted in the name of emergency and the rule of law is totally absent."
"We think that he is being harassed with all these false charges. He is detained while the Dhaka mayor is roaming free despite several more serious charges against him." headded.
Sylhet City AL Secretary Mesbahuddin Shiraj told The Daily Star. "We hope the people's overwhelming verdict will be acknowledged by the government and they wifi relieve him of the charges. We will also pursue the legal path.'
Meanwhile, a number of AL workers told The Daily Star that there would be no alternative to street protests and "serious conse quences" if Kamran is "robbed" of his mayoral victory through a court conviction on his four charges.