Dhaka, May 18: Ace Bangladeshi Actress Nusraat Faria has been held on Sunday in Dhaka on charges of attempt to murder.
Nusraat Faria, who portrayed the ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the biopic "Mujib: The Making of a Nation", was detained in the Dhaka Airport, confirmed sources.
According to the Vatara PS police, Faria has been booked in connection with an attempted murder case filed with Dhaka's Vatara police station during the anti-discrimination movement, broke out in 2024.
The case was lodged at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court in Dhaka by complainant Enamul Haque, naming Sheikh Hasina and 283 others, along with 300 to 400 unidentified individuals, as accused.
The case documents state that Nusraat Faria was implicated as one of the alleged financiers of the ruling Awami League's operations against the mass uprising.
Faria is so far detained in the Dhaka Airport custody, said an officer of the Vatara police station.
