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Jamaat MP Gazi Nazrul Islam in Custody Over Second Wife's Death
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News18•21-09-2026, 20:45
Jamaat MP Gazi Nazrul Islam in Custody Over Second Wife's Death
- •Bangladesh police took Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam into four-day custody for questioning regarding the death of his 19-year-old second wife.
- •The body of his second wife was discovered in an apartment within the Parliament complex, leading to the arrest of Gazi and his first wife.
- •A CMM court remanded the 75-year-old lawmaker for four days and his first wife for one day; both were arrested under the Penal Code for abetment of suicide.
- •Gazi Nazrul Islam faced controversy in July after CCTV footage emerged showing him with a young woman, whom he later claimed was his legally wedded second wife.
- •Jamaat-e-Islami initially defended Gazi but later expelled him for “moral misconduct” after fact-checkers confirmed the authenticity of the footage.
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Bangladesh police took Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife into custody for questioning following the death of his 19-year-old second wife, whose body was found inside his apartment in the Parliament complex.
Police arrested the couple under the Penal Code provision relating to the abetment of suicide.
Jamaat initially defended Gazi by claiming leaked footage was fabricated, but later expelled him on July 22 over allegations of moral misconduct after fact-checkers verified the footage, and subsequently requested that his parliamentary seat be declared vacant.
