DHAKA, Oct 29, 2023 (BSS) - Leaders of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today protested vehemently Saturday's attack on Chief Justice's (CJ's) official residence, saying it is an attack on the judiciary itself.

"The first attack took place in 1971 on Rajarbagh Police Lines. The defeated force of 1971 yesterday carried out attacks on Chief Justice's Residence, Rajarbagh Police Central Hospital and journalists. Chief justice is an institution. Attack on his residence is like an attack on the judiciary," SC Bar Association President Md Momtazuddin Fakir said at a protest rally organized by the association.

Echoing the observations of the SCBA president, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin said attack on Chief Justice's residence is like an attack on the constitution. He demanded to bring the attackers to justice by scrutinizing the video footages.

"They killed a policeman and later tried to torch his body. It was a heinous crime; it was a crime against humanity. The Supreme Court had declared the grabbing of power by Ziaur Rahman, illegal. That is why they carried out an attack on the judiciary," the attorney general further said.

Terming Saturday's attack on chief justice's residence and hospital, unprecedented, SCBA secretary Md Abdun Nur Dulal too demanded to bring the all the people involved in those barbaric attacks, to justice.

Conducted by SCBA assistant secretaries ABM Noor-A-Alam Uzzal and Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid, the rally was addressed, among others, by senior advocate Sayeed Ahmed Raja, Advocate Dr Momtaj Uddin Ahmed Mehedi, Adv Robiul Alam Budu, Additional Attorney General Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury, Sheikh Mohammad Morshed, and Azahar Ullah Bhuiyan.

The Supreme Court Bar Association leaders later brought out a procession in protest of the attack.