DHAKA: Bangladeshi police have arrested mannequin and actress Meghna Alam for allegedly attempting to deteriorate Bangladesh’s ties with Saudi Arabia, in keeping with native media reviews.
The Detective Department (DB) of the Bangladesh Police raided Meghna Alam’s home whereas she was livestreaming on Fb, claiming a relationship with a Saudi diplomat.
Within the now-deleted 12-minute video, authorities may be seen barging in and figuring out themselves as police earlier than the stream abruptly ended.
Alam was taken into custody with out formal expenses below the Particular Powers Act, which permits for detention with out trial for nationwide safety and public order issues.
The incident sparked large public outcry, resulting in the removing of the highest DB official overseeing her arrest.
Authorities’s authorized advisor Asif Nazrul admitted that detaining Alam below the Particular Powers Act was a mistake.
She was produced earlier than a Dhaka courtroom, which despatched her for 30 days to jail.
Alam claimed to be in a relationship with a married international diplomat, later recognized because the Saudi ambassador to Bangladesh by her father, Badrul Alam.
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“The ambassador and Meghna have been in a relationship, and my daughter refused his marriage proposal as a result of he already has a spouse and youngsters,” he mentioned.
In response to Badrul Alam, his daughter refused the ambassador’s marriage proposal upon studying he was already married with kids. She allegedly contacted the diplomat’s spouse after discovering his marital standing.
Badrul Alam alleged that the diplomat contacted the Residence Ministry, resulting in his daughter Meghna Alam’s arrest.