Awami League Women's Leader Nasima Sultana Jailed in Jessore Polling Centre Attack Case

Police in Jessore have detained Nasima Sultana Mahua, 38, a leader of the Mahila Awami League, in a case filed over an attack, bomb explosions and gunfire at a polling centre on the day of the 11th national parliamentary election.

She was detained on Thursday morning, November 12, from the Ghop area of Jessore town. Produced before a court in the afternoon, she was ordered to be sent to jail by the judge.

Nasima Sultana Mahua is the daughter of Sohrab Ali of the Palbari Gazirghat Road area of Jessore town.

According to police sources, the attack took place at around 11 a.m. on December 30, 2018, election day of the 11th national parliamentary election, at the Baliadanga Model Government Primary School polling centre in Jessore Sadar upazila. She was detained in the case filed over that incident.

The case alleges that an armed group backed by the Awami League entered the polling centre in a planned manner that day carrying locally made weapons, firearms, bombs and GI pipes. They fired indiscriminately and exploded bombs in an attempt to kill BNP leaders and activists and to spread panic in the area. Several people were later injured in beatings with sticks and GI pipes and in brick-throwing.

Police say preliminary investigation of the case has produced witness evidence of Nasima Sultana Mahua's involvement.