Speaker informs parliament of Gazi Nazrul’s detention

Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad informed parliament about Satkhira-4 lawmaker GM Nazrul Islam’s detention on Monday, the first day of the fourth session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.

Gazi Nazrul is currently in jail in connection with a case filed over the alleged abetment of his second wife's suicide. The speaker read out the relevant portions of a notice received under Rule 172 of the Rules of Procedure in accordance with Rule 176.

The speaker informed the parliament that the letter was received under Rule 172 of the Rules of Procedure. According to parliamentary regulations, such letters received during a session must be read out in the House in due time.

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Earlier on 20 September, following a GD field with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station, the MP was taken from his residence to the police station for primary interrogation. Later on 21 September, he was formally arrested under Section 306 of the Penal Code for abetment of suicide in a case.

Following his arrest, he was produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka, which ordered him to be sent to jail. He is currently held at the Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj.

On 20 September, police recovered the hanging body of the MP's 19-year-old second wife from his flat. Earlier in July, a video went viral on social media showing the MP with a young woman, whom he later identified as his second wife.