The High Court has temporarily suspended bench officer Zakir Hossain following allegations of bail forgery involving Sahedul Islam, the main accused in the Kuki-Chin apparel manufacturing case. The decision became known on Monday morning. Attorney General brought the matter to the Chief Justice’s attention on April 29, after which the Chief Justice ordered a 48-hour investigation into the incident.

According to investigation sources, about seven months earlier, Sahedul Islam, owner of Ringvo Apparels in Chattogram, applied for bail in the High Court. On September 16, 2025, the case was heard by a bench comprising Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Abdullah Yusuf Sumon. During the hearing, a different case’s documents were presented, misleading the court into granting bail. The forgery occurred later when the bail order’s first page was altered to include details of the Kuki-Chin apparel seizure case, leading prison authorities to release Sahedul based on the falsified order.

The original case involved the seizure of 20,300 garments allegedly made for the KNF from Ringvo Apparels’ warehouse in Bayezid Bostami, Chattogram, on May 17, 2025. The garments were reportedly ordered for about two crore taka, and a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act was filed against Sahedul and two others.