A contempt of court case has been filed against Sylhet’s former Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Sher Mahbub Murad and five other officials on Thursday (Sept 11) at the Sylhet Senior Assistant Judge’s Court for allegedly violating a court order over the activities of a Trustee Board.

The accused in the case are the former DC, the Additional District Magistrate, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue-Education-ICT), the Sylhet Sadar UNO, the Additional Commissioner (Land) of the metropolitan circle and a Senior Assistant Commissioner from the education branch.

According to the complaint, in June the then DC Murad appointed five new trustees without consulting the existing five members of the Trustee Board.

Though the old members objected to this decision in writing, the DC still went ahead with the new appointments on July 7.

On July 9, the five trustees filed a case in Sylhet court.

Later, on July 27, the court issued an interim order restraining the DC and other officials from attending Trustee Board meetings.

However, the officials ignored the order and joined a meeting on July 28.

“Since they defied the court’s instructions, we filed a contempt of court case against them on September 11,” said lawyer AH Irshadul Haque, who represents the plaintiff.

A contempt of court case has been filed against Sylhet’s former Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Sher Mahbub Murad and five other officials over the appointment of five new trustees at The Sylhet Khajanchibari International School and College (SKISC) in the city’s Nayasarak area.