Retired Prof Anowara gets bail in attempted murder case

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Anowara Begum, a retired professor of Jagannath University (JnU) in an attempted murder case, reports UNB.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Minhazur Rahman passed the order on a Tk 500 bond when Anowara's lawyer Advocate Obaidul Islam sought bail for his client on Monday.

In the bail petition, Advocate Obaidul said Anowara is 70 years old and served as a professor at Jagannath University for 35 years.

"She is a retired female professor and is currently unwell. According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, she is entitled to bail," he said.