The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court order for six months that had stayed for one month the effectiveness of the CIID’s notice summoning Raintree Hotel managing director Shah Mohammad Adnan Harun.

Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Mirza Hussain Haider passed the order following a petition filed by the state in the afternoon, reports UNB.

After the SC order, Shah Mohammad Adnan Harun will have to appear before the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) on Tuesday and explain the source of the 10 bottles of foreign liquor sized during a drive at the hotel.

Earlier, in the day, the High Court stayed for one month the effectiveness of the notice issued by the CIID summoning Adnan Harun.

On May 15, the CIID summoned Shah Mohammad Adnan Harun to appear before it on May 23 after recovery of liquor by a CIID team from the hotel.

The CIID served the notice under section 166 (3) of Customs Act and under sectior 9(3) of Money Laundering Act.

Following the CIID notice, a counsel of the hotel owner filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the notice.

Earlier, on May 14, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials conducted a drive at Raintree Hotel where two university girls were allegedly raped and seized 10 bottles of foreign liquor from a room of the hotel.