Staff Correspondent:

The government will soon publish lists of ‘politically motivated cases’ recommended for withdrawal by a committee formed at the ministry level.

The decision was taken on Sunday at the 12th meeting of the committee with Law Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul in the chair.

The home and law ministries will publish lists of the cases filed between January 6, 2009, and August 5, 2024 and recommended for withdrawal on the official websites.

On Sunday meeting, the committee recommended the withdrawal of an additional 517 cases.

With these, the total number of politically motivated cases recommended for withdrawal to 8,832 over the past four months.

It was mentioned that on average, at least 50 people were named as accused in each of these cases.

As a result, around 5 lakh leaders and activists from various political parties including the BNP and Jamaat were accused in these cases.

Currently, people can directly apply for the withdrawal of these cases through the Solicitor Sub-Division of the Ministry of Law or via email at solicitor.lawjusticediv.gov.bd.

In cases where obtaining a certified copy of the case documents or charge sheets is difficult, applicants are allowed to submit certified photocopies of these documents along with their application for case withdrawal as per the committee’s decision.