Ex-lawmaker Jebunnesa arrested

Former Awami League lawmaker from Barishal-5 constituency Jebunnesa Afroz has been arrested.

DB's joint commissioner Mohammad Nasirul Islam said she was arrested on Friday night.

Jebunnesa is the wife of late Barishal City Corporation mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron.

She was elected MP on April 9 in 2024 after the death of her husband.

Jebunnesa has been made accused in several cases filed in Barishal after August 5 last year.