Kiron gets bail

Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing chairman and FIFA Council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron was today granted bail in a defamation case lodged against her under Section 500 of Bangladesh Penal Code.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sabbir Yasir Ahmed Chowdhury granted her bail till April 2 for Tk 10,000 bond this afternoon, confirmed Kiron’s lawyer advocate Liakat Hossain.

“This is a bailable case. Furthermore the court considered her social status and her illness in granting the bail,” Liakat told The Daily Star, adding that his client is a cancer patient.

The BFF and FIFA official was arrested and sent to jail on March 16 in a case lodged on March 12 by a sports organiser named Abu Hassan Prince, under Bangladesh Penal Code 500, for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Amnesty International issued a press release on Monday demanding her immediate release. FIFA and AFC also expressed deep concern over the arrest of the football official.