A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate on Saturday sent Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing chairman and FIFA council member Mahfuza Akhter Kiron to jail after rejecting her bail prayer in a libel case filed over derogatory remarks about prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Kiron’s lawyer Liakat Hossain said police arrested her about 11:00am from her Mohammadpur residence and produced her before the court of magistrate Abu Sufian Noman, who rejected her bail prayer.
Earlier an arrest warrant was issued against her on Tuesday after sports organiser Abul Hasan Chowdhury Prince filed a defamation case against her on the same day.
Hasan’s lawyer Refayetul Karim alleged that Kiron made objectionable words about PM during a TV show on March 9.
Plaintiff Hasan, a member of Mohammedan Sporting Club, said he was self motivated to file the case against Kiron as he felt embarrassed by her comments.
Kiron is an elected member of FIFA Council since 2017.
She previously served as the organising committee members of FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 and the last two FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cups, Canada 2014 and Papua New Guinea 2016.
She is also a member of the AFC’s Executive Committee and Women’s Committee.
