A Dhaka court has sent to jail former chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal in a case lodged for manipulating the national election, report agencies.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhad Ishtiaq passed the order on Sunday as police produced the former CEC before the court after end of his three-day remand and pleaded to keep him behind bars until the end of probe.
The defence, however, argued for allowing him bail in the case. After hearing both sides, the court sent Kazi Habibul Awal to jail.
Detective branch (DB) of police on June 25 arrested him from the capital's Moghbazar area and showed him arrested in the case. The court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mustafizur Rahman on June 26 placed him on a three-day remand.
Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, four former inspectors general of police (IGP), several former election commissioners, and former chiefs of SB, NSI and DGFI have been accused in the case.
Ex-CEC Habibul Awal sent to jail
FE Team | Published: June 29, 2025 22:50:52
Ex-CEC Habibul Awal sent to jail
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