Ex-Minister Chanda sent to jail

Former Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda has been shown arrested in a rape and abduction case in Dumuria of Khulna.

Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate Rakibul Islam ordered to send him to jail on Thursday. 

Another accused Imran Hossain Gazi has also been sent to jail in the case.

People threw eggs and shoes on him when he was produced before the court.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested him from Jhenaidah while he was allegedly attempting to flee to India. 

Chanda is a former Awami League member of parliament from the Khulna-5 constituency.

He served as the minister of land in 2024 and is also a former minister of fisheries and livestock.