A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal Sultana Ahmed to jail after expiry of her two-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA), on charges of making derogatory remarks about the prime minister. Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal is the women front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order turning down her bail plea in the case. Read: BNP women’s front leader sent to remand in case under DSA Sultana Ahmed was placed on a two-day remand on Sunday after arrest from her residence in the city’s Gulshan. On the same day, Abdul Hamid, former president of Gopalganj District Chhatra League, lodged a complaint at Paltan police station.

The Appellate Division on Wednesday stayed the bail the High Court granted to  Sonia Akter Smrity, a Mahila Dal leader of Rajbari, in a case filed over posting ‘offensive’ content on facebook against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing the plea of the state side. The court stayed the bail order till November 7. The court also said that the hearing on the state’s plea will be on top of the cause list of the Appellate Division. Senior lawyer AJ Muhammad Ali and Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal appeared for the petition in the court while Additional Attorney General Sheikh Mohammad Morshed for the state. On Tuesday, the High Court granted interim bail to Smrity in the case. Smrity, wife of Md Khokon Mia of No 3 Beradanga area of Rajbari Sadar, is a member of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal’s Rajbari district unit and founder president of Rajbari blood donors club. Police arrested Smrity on October 4 in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for posting offensive status on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook . Arefin Chowdhury, member secretary of Rajbari district Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, lodged an FIR against her. On October 5, Judge Kaisun Nahar Surma of Rajbari No 1 Judicial Magistrate Court rejected Smrity’s bail plea and ordered to send her to jail. Read more: HC summons 3 Khulna lawyers to face contempt charges On October 26, Rajbari Sessions Judge Court also denied bail to Smrity which prompted her to seek bail from the HC. In her bail plea, Smrity requested the HC to consider her as a woman and a mother of two children. According to the FIR, the accused BNP activist made insulting remarks about PM Sheikh Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, from her personal Facebook account in two separate statuses on August 31 and September 28. Read more: HC suspends Bangladesh Bank Assistant Director recruitment exam for a month “In the statuses Sriti wrote Sheikh Hasina threw abusive words to their leader Khaleda Zia, also prime minister of three times, while delivering speech,” according to the FIR. “No sound word comes out of her (premier) mouth,” it said Sriti wrote in the posts.  

The High Court (HC) on Monday granted interim bail to Sonia Akter Smrity, a Mahila Dal leader of Rajbari, in a case filed over posting ‘offensive’ content on facebook against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Smrity, wife of Md Khokon Mia of No 3 Beradanga area of Rajbari Sadar, is a member of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal’s Rajbari district unit and founder president of Rajbari blood donors club. The High Court bench of Justices Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Shahed Nuruddin passed the order.  Former Attorney General AJ Mohammad Ali stood for the accused during the hearing. Police arrested Smrity on October 4 in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for making posting offensive status on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook . Arefin Chowdhury, member secretary of Rajbari district Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, lodged an FIR against her. On October 5, Judge Kaisun Nahar Surma of Rajbari No 1 Judicial Magistrate Court rejected Smrity’s bail plea and ordered to send her to jail. On October 26, Rajbari Sessions Judge Court also denied bail to Smrity which prompted her to seek bail from the HC. Read more: Rajbari Mohila Dal member arrested under DSA for 'comment on PM' In her bail plea, Smrity requested the HC to consider her as a woman and a mother of two children. According to the FIR, the accused BNP activist made insulting remarks about PM Sheikh Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, from her personal Facebook account in two separate statuses on August 31 and September 28. “In the statuses Sriti wrote Sheikh Hasina threw abusive words to their leader Khaleda Zia, also prime minister of three times, while delivering speech,” according to the FIR. “No sound word comes out of her (premier) mouth,” it said Sriti wrote in the posts.