Dhaka: Satkhira-4 constituency lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam on Sunday submitted a bail bond to a court in Dhaka in connection with an attempted murder case. The bail bond was submitted to the court of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Junaid.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the case was filed by his personal driver, Obaidur Rahman, with Pallabi Police Station on July 21. Gazi Nazrul had earlier secured an eight-week anticipatory bail from the High Court on August 10 in the case.
The case statement details that Obaidur lived at his sister's flat at Rose Garden Tower in the Kalshi area of Pallabi and worked as Gazi Nazrul's personal driver. The complaint alleges that Gazi Nazrul developed a relationship with Obaidur's niece, leading Obaidur to ask him to end the relationship. It further alleges that Nazrul threatened Obaidur after he informed his family about the matter.
Additionally, the complaint accuses a group from Moghbazar of obtaining compromising videos of Nazrul Islam and the woman, subsequently blackmailing Nazrul. Nazrul Islam suspected Obaidur of secretly recording the videos and supplying them to the media and blackmailers.
According to the complaint, Aminur Rahman, Masum Billah, Motassim Billah, and Rakibul Hasan attacked Obaidur on July 14 on Nazrul's instructions regarding this dispute. It alleges that Aminur lured Obaidur into a drawing room around 11 am on July 14, where the others allegedly beat him with sticks. Aminur also allegedly pinned him to the floor and tried to strangle him.
The complaint further states that Obaidur's mother, Tahmina, and younger sister, Mim, rushed to the room after hearing screams, prompting the attackers to flee. They allegedly threatened to kill him before leaving. Following the incident, Obaidur received treatment at Kurmitola Hospital, as per the case statement.