BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir spoke to journalists at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan today. Photo : Collected

DHAKA, July 24, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today expressed sincere thanks to the interim government for arrest of former chief justice (CJ) ABM Khairul Haque.

"I sincerely thank the government for taking action against him, even after such a long overdue," he told journalists at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office here. 

Fakhrul said, "He is a great enemy of Bangladesh, who caused significant harm staying at a top position. With the responsibility of shaping the nation's destiny, he resorted to betraying the people and the state." 

Expressing hope for a proper investigation into all allegations against Khairul Haque and a fair trial, the veteran BNP leader said, "He should be exposed to exemplary punishment so that no one can dare to harm the country being in such a position in the future." 

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Khairul Haque, also the former Chairman of the Law Commission, this morning.

He served as the Chief Justice from October 1, 2010, to May 17, 2011. The Appellate Division bench, led by him, delivered a verdict on May 10, 2011, nullifying the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, rendering the caretaker government system illegal.