After the arrest of former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque last week, his controversial appointment as an adviser at First Security Islami Bank is being discussed again.
Khairul joined First Security Islami Bank Limited as an adviser in 2015, but his appointment was quickly called into question, not least because he had served as the chief justice just five years earlier.
He assumed office as the 19th chief justice of Bangladesh on 30 September, 2010 and retired on 17 May the following year.
Later, on 24 July 2013, he was appointed chairman of the Law Commission with a three-year term.
However, before the end of that tenure, he was offered the position of adviser to First Security Bank by controversial conglomerate S Alam Group.
There are allegations that S Alam made this decision under directives from the Awami League regime.
Bank authorities refuted this at the time, claiming he had been appointed solely as a legal adviser with no political affiliations.
However, since he was serving as chairman of the Law Commission, he could not take up the job.
Question were raised due to the bank's close ties with various controversial business groups and also as its name was mentioned in subsequent investigations related to money laundering.
Meanwhile, most of the cases against Khairul are recent.
Some of his verdicts during his tenure as the chief justice have long been subjects of controversy.
The most talked-about among them is the verdict related to the 15th amendment to the constitution, which declared the caretaker government system unconstitutional.
Detective Branch sources say there are multiple cases filed against him in various police stations across the capital. These include charges of murder and delivering unlawful verdicts.
On Thursday, the former chief justice was arrested from his residence in the capital's Dhanmondi.
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