Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has officially informed the National Parliament of the arrest and current imprisonment of Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam.
The speaker informed members of parliament of this development on Monday, during the first day of the fourth session of the 13th National Parliament, prior to the Maghrib prayer recess.
He told the House that the lawmaker was arrested in connection with a legal case and is currently being held in prison.
Gazi Nazrul Islam faces charges of abetting the suicide of his second wife, Morium Khatun.
Police recovered Morium’s hanging body on 20 September from a flat in the NAM Building, situated opposite the Parliament Building. He was shown arrested and produced before a court the following day, on 21 September.
The court subsequently granted a total of eight days of remand across two separate phases.
Following the remand period, the court ordered him to be sent to prison on 28 September. His first wife, Maksuda Begum, and the victim’s uncle, Obaidur Rahman, have also been named as accused in the case.
