Ex-JnU prof Anwara Begum granted bail in attempted murder case
A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to Anwara Begum, a retired professor of Jagannath University (JnU), in an attempted murder case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Minhazur Rahman passed the order on a Tk500 bond when Anwara's lawyer Advocate Obaidul Islam sought bail for his client.
In the bail petition, Advocate Obaidul said Anwara is 70 years old and served as a professor at Jagannath University for 35 years.
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"She is a retired female professor and is currently unwell. According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, she is entitled to bail," he said.
A case was filed against Anwara with Sutrapur Police Station on 16 February.
Sujon Molla, former general secretary of the JnU unit of Chhatra Dal, the BNP's student front, filed the case.
Police arrested Anwara on 28 May when she attended a programme at JnU. Her arrest caused a public uproar.
Sujon Molla was injured in a clash during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement at Raishaheb Bazar on 19 July.
