Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition seeking an order to declare the parliamentary membership of National Citizen Party (NCP) lawmaker from Noakhali-6 (Hatiya) constituency Abdul Hannan Masud over allegations of concealing his wealth information in his election affidavit.

A High Court bench comprising Justice Sikder Mahmudur Razi and Justice Fatema Anwar passed the order after hearing the writ.

Advocate Zahirul Islam Musa, counsel for Hannan Masud, said the court dismissed the writ petition as "not pressed".

He said the court had observed that discrepancies in the asset declarations were questions of fact and could not be resolved through a writ petition before the High Court.

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