HC rules over detention of Meghna Alam

The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain in two weeks as to why it shall not declare Meghan Alam's 30-day detention under the Special Powers Act, beyond legal jurisdiction.

A High Court division bench of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Tamanna Rahman Khalidi passed the order after holding a hearing on a writ petition filed in this connection.

Meghna's father filed the writ while Barrister Sara Hossain moved the plea before the court.

Model Meghna Alam, winner of Miss Earth Bangladesh 2020, was arrested from her Basundhara Residential Area flat on April 9. A Dhaka court on April 8 ordered a 30-day detention under the Special Powers Act.