A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to Anowara Begum, a retired professor of Jagannath University (JnU) in an attempted murder case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Minhazur Rahman passed the order on a Tk500 bond when Anowara’s lawyer Advocate Obaidul Islam sought bail for his client.
In the bail petition, Advocate Obaidul said that Anowara is 70 years old and served as a professor at Jagannath University for 35 years.
“She is a retired female professor and is currently unwell. According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, she is entitled to bail,” he said.
A case was filed against Anowara at Sutrapur police station on February 16.
Sujon Molla, former general secretary of the JnU unit of Chhatra Dal, filed the case.
Police arrested Anowara on May 28 when she attended a program at JnU.
Her arrest caused a public uproar.
Sujon Molla was injured in a clash during the anti-discrimination student movement at Rai Shaheb Bazar on July 19.
