Bangladeshi actor Meher Afroz Shaon arrested on sedition cost: Who’s she?

Bangladeshi actor Meher Afroz Shaon was arrested on February 6 and has been detained for questioning by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Department (DMP – DB) for allegedly “conspiring towards the state”, i.e. on alleged sedition expenses, based on a report by the Dhaka Tribune.

“She was taken into custody from Dhanmondi on Thursday night time,” Further Police Commissioner (DB) Rezaul Karim Mallik informed the newspaper, including that Shaon “was concerned in a conspiracy towards the state”.

The DMP’s Deputy Commissioner of Media and Public Relations, Muhammad Talebur Rahman, informed the paper that Shaon has been detained for “questioning relating to the allegations”.

Who’s Meher Afroz Shaon? 

Shaon is the daughter of former advisory council member of the Jamalpur District Awami League, Mohammed Ali and Tahura Ali, an MP for the Awami League from a reserved seat in 1996.

Ali had contested the Jamalpur-5 (Sadar) seat within the final election however didn’t take part after failing to safe the social gathering’s nomination.

In one other report by Dhaka Tribune, it famous that Shaon’s arrest got here hours after her father’s home within the Narundi Rail Station space of Jamalpur Sadar Upazila was vandalised and set on fireplace by a “group of scholars and locals” at round 6.30 pm on February 6.

The group had organised a procession in Narundi Bazar, which moved by a number of roads earlier than heading to Ali’s home the place attackers threw bricks and stones earlier than setting it on fireplace, sources informed the paper.

Bangladesh’s Interim Govt Involved Over Vandalism, Arson Incidents

In the meantime, Bangladesh’s interim authorities headed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, has expressed concern over “makes an attempt of vandalism and arson” assaults throughout the nation, PTI reported.

The assertion referenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s father, and nation’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 32 Dhanmondi residence was demolished by a mob on August 5, 2024.

Chief Adviser Yunus’s press wing issued the newest assertion on February 6 saying, “the interim authorities observes with deep concern that some folks and quarters try to vandalise and set on fireplace totally different establishments and institutions all through the nation”.

“The federal government will stop such actions with a robust hand. The interim authorities is able to shield the life and property of the residents,” it mentioned and promised stern punitive actions towards the individuals and quarters involved by legislation enforcement companies.

Chief Adviser’s press wing within the assertion blamed Hasina’s statements for driving the demolition, including that she insulted and disdained those that sacrificed themselves within the July Rebellion. She spoke in the identical tone she used to talk when she was in energy by threatening everybody concerned within the mass rebellion, it added.