Jewel Hasan Saddam, a banned Chhatra League leader (BCL), saw the bodies of his wife and nine-month-old baby at the gate of Jashore Central Jail on Saturday evening. Authorities clarified that no formal parole application had been submitted by his family.
Initially it was reported that relatives applied for Saddam’s parole, but the request was turned down.
the Jashore District Administration has issued a formal statement to refute misinformation circulating on social media and some news outlets regarding the parole release of a prisoner from Jashore Central Jail.
The Media Cell of the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Jashore, clarified the matter in an official statement on Sunday, Saddam transferred to Jashore Central Jail from another facility on December 15, 2025.
The administration has categorically stated that no application for his release on parole was ever submitted to the District Magistrate, Jashore, by the jail authorities.
The statement emphasized that since no parole application was filed with the District Magistrate’s office, the question of rejecting such an application does not arise.
The release of the prisoner was not based on a parole request. Instead, the statement explains that the jail authorities, upon contacting higher authorities and considering humanitarian grounds, made a separate administrative decision to release him.
Prison authorities clarified TIMES, they arranged the visit at the jail gate on humanitarian grounds after consulting senior officials. The District Commissioner of Jashore, Mohammad Ashek Hasan, requested accurate reporting and emphasised that no parole application had been made.
The family, citing limited time, decided to view the bodies at the jail gate rather than submit a formal request. Social media posts claiming written requests or photographs of the deceased inside the jail do not reflect the official record.
Jewel Hasan Saddam, president of the now-banned Chhatra League unit in Bagerhat Sadar upazila, saw the bodies of his wife and child for the last time at the gate of Jashore Central Jail around 7:30pm, prison officials said.
Saddam was arrested in Gopalganj after the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August and has since remained in custody at Jashore Central Jail.
Prison officials said an ambulance carrying the bodies entered the jail gate along with six members of Saddam’s family. He was given about five minutes to see his wife and child.
Saddam’s cousin Sagar Farazi said the family contacted jail authorities and applied for parole after the deaths. The application was rejected.
“As parole was not granted, we brought the bodies to the jail gate,” he said. “More than six family members came, but only six were allowed inside. Considering the humanitarian aspect, he should have been released on parole.”
Saddam’s sister-in-law broke down at the jail gate, saying the case against him was political.
“He is not a killer. Yet the administration did not release him even briefly so he could attend his wife and child’s funeral prayers,” she cried.
Police recovered the hanging body of Saddam’s wife, Kaniz Suborna Swarnali (22), from a house in Sabekdanga village under Karapara union in Bagerhat Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The body of their nine-month-old child, Nazim, was found lying beside her.
Police and family members said Swarnali killed the infant and then took her own life after becoming mentally distressed.
On Saturday evening, family members arrived at the jail gate in an ambulance carrying the bodies.
Jashore Central Jail Superintendent Abid Ahmed said authorities allowed limited access on humanitarian grounds.
“When relatives bring a body to the jail gate, we allow the inmate to see it, even without prior permission, considering the humanitarian aspect,” he said.
At late hours on Saturday, After the funeral prayer, housewife Swarnali, and her nine-month-old child were buried at the family graveyard in Bagerhat.
