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A court has placed MP Gazi Nazrul Islam on a fresh four-day remand for questioning in connection with a case filed over the alleged abetment of his second wife’s suicide.
Nazrul was produced before the court on Thursday after completing his previous four-day remand. During the hearing, Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Mohammad Salahuddin, the investigation officer in the case, sought another seven days’ remand for further questioning.
After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ripon Hossain granted a four-day remand.
Nazrul is currently being held in the court lock-up and will be brought before the court during the hearing, said SI Morshed Alam, in-charge of the lock-up.
Police recovered the hanging body of Nazrul’s second wife, Mariam, from a flat at NAM Bhaban opposite the Parliament building on September 20. That night, police took Nazrul and his first wife, Maksuda Islam, into custody.
Mariam’s father, SM Masum Billah, later filed a case accusing Nazrul, Maksuda and Mariam’s maternal uncle Obaidur Rahman of abetting her suicide.
The following day, a court granted Nazrul four days’ remand and Maksuda one day’s remand following a plea by Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police SI Md Shamsuzzoha Sarkar. The case was transferred to the DB that night.
In the case statement, Masum Billah alleged that Mariam, 19, married Nazrul in June at the “direct instigation” of her maternal uncle Obaidur Rahman.
Mariam had been living with Nazrul and Maksuda at Flat 203 of NAM Bhaban-5, opposite the Parliament building, according to the complaint.
The complaint further alleged that Mariam had told her family that Nazrul and Maksuda had subjected her to physical and mental abuse over various issues since the marriage.