Her arrest comes two days after a warrant was issued by a Dhaka court after a sports organization sued her, reports Bangla Tribune. A team of Motijheel police arrested Kiron, a FIFA council member, from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on Saturday morning, Inspector Md Monir Hossain told Bangla Tribune. She was produced before a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court, which sent her to jail after denying her bail plea, court police’s Jalal Uddin told Bangla Tribune. On Wednesday, the chief metropolitan magistrate court ordered her arrest after a libel suit was lodged the previous day. Abul Hasan Chowdhury Prince, a permanent member of Mohammedan Sporting Club and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, as well as vice president of Badda Jagoroni Club, filed the case accusing Kiron of making derogatory remarks against the prime minister.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 16, 2019 17:03 UTC