Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday formally notified the Election Commission (EC) that it has expelled Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam from the party after an internal investigation found allegations of moral turpitude against him to be true.
In a letter signed by the party's Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar and addressed to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, Jamaat informed the EC of its decision.
According to the letter, the party conducted an organizational investigation into various media reports published recently regarding MP Nazrul.
The investigation found the allegations of moral turpitude against him to be substantiated. Consequently, he was expelled from the party under Article 62 of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami constitution, it said.
The letter stated that the decision was unanimously taken at an emergency meeting of the party's Central Executive Council held on Wednesday chaired by Jamaat Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman.
It said copies of the decision have also been sent to the Office of the speaker of the National Parliament for taking necessary action.
