A High Court judge yesterday felt embarrassed to hear the bail petitions filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir in five separate cases.
Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain, junior judge of a bench, felt embarrassed after the petitions were placed before the bench for hearing since a lawyer for the petitioner recently made an unexpected comment about him at a television talk show, court sources said.
Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui is the senior judge of the bench.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star that the HC bench would now send the petitions to the chief justice.
Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain will then refer the petitions to another HC bench for their hearings and disposals.
Fakhrul, now in custody, filed the bail petitions with the HC on April 22 through his lawyers in the cases filed with different police stations on charges of vandalising cars, blasting cocktails and attacking police during a protest in the capital.