Dhallywood actor Mahiya Mahi claimed police did not help her when she told them she was having difficulty breathing.
“When I was being arrested from the airport, I told police that I was having difficulties breathing, and they told me I have to go like this anyway,” she told reporters on Saturday, hours after being released from jail.
“When I was taken to the court, I don't really know…but was not the judge suppose to ask me what I did and why I did it? I should have been given a chance to self-defend myself,” Mahiya Mahi added.
“However, the judge just came and left. The judge was not given the chance to speak as well,” the actor mentioned.
“It was announced that Mahiya Mahi has appeared, and the court has begun. Again it was immediately said that Mahiya Mahi is going to jail, and the court is dismissed. What kind of judgment is this?” she continued.
Expressing her concern about her husband, the actor said: "Even as a pregnant woman, I did not get any help. There is also a case against my husband. What will be done with him when he comes back to Bangladesh? I am very worried about my husband's safety.'
Mahiya Mahi is currently nine months pregnant.
Dhallywood actor Mahiya Mahi walked out of jail on Saturday, just a few hours after being sent to jail in two cases.
She was released from at around 7:50pm on Saturday, after securing bail in both cases, Superintendent of Gazipur District Jail Anwarul Karim told Dhaka Tribune.
Two separate cases were filed against Mahiya Mahi and Rakib Sarker at Gazipur's Bason police station on charges of land grabbing and tarnishing the image of the police.
Rokon Miah, sub-inspector at Bason police station, filed one case on Friday night under the Digital Security Act (DSA), accusing the couple of impairing the law and order situation by spreading fabricated information with the intention of defamation.
GMP Commissioner Molla Nazrul Islam said Mahi had accused the GMP of taking “bribes” on Facebook.
Another case was filed by Ismail Hossain, a resident of the Dighirchala area, who accused the couple of land-grabbing.
