FILE PHOTO: Murad Hassan has been in the eye of a social media storm for his untoward remarks on former prime minister Khaleda Zia's granddaughter followed by scandalous audio leaks that went viral Facebook/Md. Murad Hassan
High Court to hold hearing next week
A writ has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of the MP post of Murad Hassan, who resigned as state minister for information and broadcasting on Tuesday for his offensive and indecent remarks on women.
Supreme Court Advocate Yunus Ali Akhand filed the petition with the bench concerned on Wednesday.
The writ also sought judicial investigation into the activities of Murad, the MP of Jamalpur 4 constituency.
The bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah will hear the writ next week.
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On Tuesday, Murad Hassan quit the cabinet following on the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for his offensive and indecent remarks on women.
The under-fire state minister submitted his resignation letter to the prime minister on Tuesday citing personal reasons for quitting his job.
President Abdul Hamid has accepted the resignation letter of the disgraced politician.
Murad has been under increasing criticism from various quarters for his disrespectful remarks on women in an interview on social media. A number of audios and videos containing indecent remarks by Murad Hassan also went viral on social media during the last few days.
A two-year-old phone conversation of the former state minister with actor Mamnun Hasan Emon and actress Mahiya Mahi was among them. In that audio clip, Murad made "derogatory comments" on the actress, threatened her and made her an indecent proposal.
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Demanding his immediate resignation, women, rights bodies and political parties slammed Murad for the indecent remarks he had made.
Murad Hassan was also relieved from the post of health and population affairs secretary of the Jamalpur district unit of the Awami League.
The Jamalpur district unit of the ruling party took the decision of punitive action against Murad for damaging the party’s image and for his involvement in anti-disciplinary activities.