Satkhira-4 MP GM Nazrul Islam, widely known as Gazi Nazrul Islam, is currently being held at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj in connection with a case filed over the alleged abetment of his second wife's suicide.
On Monday, Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed informed parliament about the lawmaker's detention during the opening sitting of the first day of the fourth session of the 13th parliament.
The speaker read out the relevant portion of a notice received under Rule 172 of the Rules of Procedure, in accordance with Rule 176, informing lawmakers that Nazrul was in custody.
According to the notice, Nazrul was taken from his residence at the National Assembly Members' Hostel (NAM Bhaban) to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station for initial questioning on September 20, following a general diary (GD) filed at the station.
He was arrested the following day in a case filed under Section 306 of the Penal Code over allegations of abetting suicide. The case is numbered 16, with GR No 197.
After being produced before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, he was sent to jail by court order.
On September 20, police recovered the hanging body of 19-year-old Mariam Khatun, Nazrul's second wife, from flat 203 on the third floor of Building 5 at NAM Bhaban.
In July, a video showing the MP with a young woman went viral on social media. He later confirmed that the woman was his second wife, Mariam.
According to the case statement, the couple married in June. After the marriage, Mariam lived in the same residence with Nazrul and his first wife, Maksuda Islam.
Mariam had reportedly told her family that she was subjected to physical and mental abuse by her husband and co-wife following the marriage.
Following her death, her father, SM Masum Billah, filed the case against Nazrul, his first wife and Mariam's uncle, Obaidur Rahman, accusing them of abetting her suicide.
Nazrul and his first wife were arrested in connection with the case.