Deshnetri Parishad leader faces arrest warrant
BNP-backed Deshnetri Parishad vice president Kazi Khairuzzaman Shipon faces a warrant of arrest on charge of 'demanding dowry' amounting to 5 lakh taka from his wife and torturing her.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court issued the warrant of arrest against him under Anti-dowry Act.
Shipon's wife Tahmina Hasan Tanni, a close relative of city mayor advocate Shaikh Tayebur Rahman alleged that her husband is at large and gives her death threats.
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