Bail plea scrapped to Mollah Jalal

A Dhaka court has scrapped a bail plea for Molla Jalal, former president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), in a allegedly abduction and attempt to rape case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arobia Khanom passed the order on Thursday, rejecting the bail plea.

Jalal's counsel pleaded for bail on any condition for his client, considering his age. 

On November 5, Jalal was arrested from the city's Segunbagicha area in the case.

The case was filed by a victim singer under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. 

Police said the victim, 50, filed the case against Molla Jalal, 65, and his associate Soleman alias Selim, 54, on November 1.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akhteruzzaman sent Molla Jalal to jail on that day.

Police produced him before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the completion of probe.