AL ex-MP Arzu lands in jail

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent former Awami League lawmaker from Pabna-2 Khandokar Azizul Haque Arzu to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a rape case.

Judge Begum Shamsunnahar of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 passed the order after the accused surrendered before the court with a bail petition.

Earlier, on January 16, the tribunal issued an arrest warrant against the former lawmaker after accepting a probe report in the case. On January 5, the Police Bureau of Investigation submitted the probe report before the court on completion of the investigation of the case.

An apprentice female lawyer filed the case with the court on April 19 last year, against Khandokar Azizul Haque Arzu on charges of raping the girl.

After recording the complainant’s statements, the court directed the PBI to submit a report before the court after investigating the allegation.