Retired JnU professor granted bail in attempted murder case
Jnu Correspondent
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 Tk 500 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 with Sutrapur Police Station on February 16. Sujon Molla, former general secretary of the JnU unit of Chhatra Dal, the BNP's student front, filed the case.
Police arrested Anowara on May 28 when she attended a programme at JnU. Her arrest caused a public uproar.
Sujon Molla was injured in a clash during the anti-discrimination student movement at Raishaheb Bazar on July 19.
