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Hazari back after 8yrs

Appears at HC, granted 2-monthbail

Staff Correspondent
Former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Joynal Abedin Hazari who went into hiding since parliamentary poll in 2001 yesterday came out in public for the first time and appeared before the High Court (HC) for bails in the cases filed against him.
Hazari who was awarded a total of 60 years' imprisonment in five cases in absentia, appeared before the HC bench of Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury about 2:00 pm and prayed for the bail in the cases.
The HC bench directed Hazari, wanted in 19 criminal cases, to surrender before die trial courts within eight weeks in connection with eleven criminal cases.
The court, however, asked die law enforcement agencies not to harass or arrest Hazari in the eleven cases within the weeks and also granted him ad-interim bail for two months in a carjacking case.
Hazari's counsels told the newsmen that the HC bench also sought records of two other cases, which were earlier stayed by this court and after examining whether the stay orders are now in force, the HC will pass orders on the two cases today.
The bench granted bail to
Hazari in the carjacking case since there was no evidence of filing the case against him, they said.
The lawyers said separate petitions for bail in the five cases, in which Hazari was convicted with imprisonment, are now pending with theHC.
His principal counsel Abdul Baset Majumdcr told the court that his client tried to appear before the HC in 2001 in connection with the cases against him. but he could not do tiiat due to the drives of the law enforcement agencies against him during die caretakergovernment.
He also said Joynal Hazari was staying abroad for treatment as he has been suffering from heart disease and asthma problems.
Advocate M Shajahan Shaju, a lawyer for Hazari. told The Daily Star that Hazari left the country on August 17,
2001, and returned to the country on February 14 this year. He was staying in Kolkata of India since August 17,2001.
He added that Joynal Hazari was made accused in 19 cases, which were filed with different police stations of Feni district on different charges, including those of killing, possessing illegal arms, money laundering and arson attack.
On August 17, 2001, the joint forces raided 'Shaila Kutir' of Hazari at Masterpara in the district town and they recovered some arms and ammunition, including one rifle, two revolvers loaded with bullets, magazines of submachine gun. 431 bullets, lethal weapons and some contraband items in his absence.
Hazari. alleged godfather of the district, fled the country on the same day.