Nusraat Faria walks out of jail
Popular actor Nusraat Faria was released from Kashimpur Female Central Jail today hours after she was granted bail in an attempted murder case tied to the July uprising.
She walked out of jail at 3:28pm, Kashimpur Female Central Jail's Senior Jail Super Kawalin Nahar confirmed The Daily Star.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Around 10:30am, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing her bail petition, said Nusraat lawyer Mohammad Iftekhar Hossain.
In the bail order, the judge said the bail was granted to Nusraat Faria as the investigating officer submitted a report informing the court that the accused was not inside the country during the incident. She was outside the country (in Canada) from July 9 to August 14 last year, the report said.
Although the charges mentioned in the FIR are nonbailable, it is not possible to determine the allegations brought against the accused without the police report.
After detention at the airport on May 18, the actor was in jail custody and the case is now under investigation.
The arrest of Nusraat has drawn widespread criticism from artistes and cultural figures, especially those who were vocal during the July uprising.
On March 27 this year, one Enamul Haque, who suffered bullet injuries on July 19 last year during the protests in Bhatara, filed the case with the court against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, 17 actors, and 265 others.
On April 29, the officer-in-charge of Bhatara Police Station registered it as a First Information Report in line with the court's directive.
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