HC issues rule over detention of Meghna Alam

The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking why the detention of model Meghna Alam under the Special Powers Act should not be declared illegal.

A High Court division bench of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Tamanna Rahman Khalidi passed the order after the hearing on Sunday (April 13).

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

Earlier 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.