MP Gazi Nazrul's second wife found dead in NAM Bhaban flat
Her body was recovered from Flat 203 on the third floor of Building 5 of NAM Bhaban this evening.
Police recovered the hanging body of Mariam Khatun, 19, the girl whom Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam claimed was his second wife, from a flat at the capital's NAM Bhaban today (20 September).
Her body was recovered from Flat 203 on the third floor of Building 5 of NAM Bhaban this evening.
Confirming the matter, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Monirul Islam told The Business Standard that police are at the scene.
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"Details will be provided later," he added.
The death comes nearly two months after a video showing Gazi Nazrul in an intimate moment with Mariam went viral on social media, triggering controversy.
The controversy began on 20 July when CCTV footage showing Gazi Nazrul with a woman circulated widely on social media.
The Satkhira district unit of Jamaat initially claimed the footage had been fabricated using artificial intelligence or deepfake technology. Several fact-checking organisations later concluded that the footage was authentic and had not been generated using AI.
In a statement on 21 July, Jamaat Central Publicity and Media Department Secretary Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair said the party was collecting information and verifying the facts before taking organisational action in accordance with its rules.
Gazi Nazrul later claimed in a social media post that the woman in the footage was his second wife, Mariam Khatun. He said they had married on 17 June with the consent of his first wife.
He also alleged that while he and his family were staying in Dhaka's Moghbazar area, his driver and a relative of his second wife brought outsiders to hold them hostage and demand money.
According to the lawmaker, after the alleged extortion attempt failed, the group illegally obtained the CCTV footage and circulated it online due to previous enmity.
Statements from Gazi Nazrul's first wife, his claimed second wife and his father-in-law were subsequently circulated on social media. They described the matter as a family issue and alleged that the incident was part of a conspiracy.
Gazi Nazrul was later expelled from Jamaat-e-Islami following the controversy.
