Expelled AL leader Helena Jahangir gets bail

Helena Jahangir held from Gulshan by Rab. UNB

Special Correspondent

Dhaka, Aug 17 - The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka Tuesday granted bail to expelled Awami League leader Helena Jahangir in a case filed with the capital’s Pallabi Police Station under the Telecommunications Act.

Magistrate Abu Sufian Md Noman of the CMM Court passed the order after hearing in the case on Tuesday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Crime and Information department Sub-inspector Mohammad Selim confirmed it to the media people.

However, Helena Jahangir will not be released from the jail despite this release order. She will have to secure bail in three other cases filed against her.

On 29 July, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Helena Jahangir from her Gulshan house and reportedly seized foreign liquors, illegal walkie-talkie sets, sharp weapons, foreign currencies, casino equipment and a hide of deer.

Five cases were filed against her with Gulshan and Pallabi Police Stations under the Digital Security Act and the Special Powers Act, Narcotics Control Act, the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act and Telecommunications Act. Later, a journalist filed another case on charges of fraudulence against Helena Jahangir.

Helena Jahangir was a member of the Women Affairs Sub-Committee of the Awami League. On January 17, she was expelled from the party on the charge of violating the party discipline.

She was criticised for a Facebook post announcing recruitment of leaders for an organisation named ‘Bangladesh Awami Chakrijibi League’