DHAKA, March 11 -- Three assistant attorney generals have been relieved from their posts in connection with scuffle centering the counting of votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association election.

Their appointment was cancelled through a notification issued on Sunday signed by solicitor Runa Nahid Akhter as per the order of the President.

The three assistant attorneys general are Md Zakir Hossain, Kazi Bashir Ahmed and Shyama Akhter.

Of the three assistant attorney generals, Md Zakir Hossain and Kazi Bashir Ahmed are accused in a case filed by assistant attorney general Saifur Rahman Chowdhury Saif, who was injured in an attack over the counting of votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association election.

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