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Published : 29 Jun 2026, 05:50 PM
The High Court has granted bail to former Awami League MP and singer Momtaz Begum in three cases linked to the July Uprising.
A High Court bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher granted her bail on Monday.
However, her lawyer Khairunnesa said the former MP is not being released right now because there are more cases against her.
“There are seven cases against her. Of the three cases in which bail was granted [on Monday], two are from Manikganj and the other is from Kotwali Police Station,” Khairunnesa told bdnews24.com.
Police arrested Momtaz in Dhaka's Dhanmondi on the night of May 12 last year.
Later, she was interrogated in police custody for four days and has since been in jail.
A popular folk singer, Momtaz first became an Awami League-backed reserved women’s seat MP in 2008.
She was elected a lawmaker from the Manikganj-2 constituency with the party ticket in 2014 and 2018.
However, her bid to retain the seat as an independent in the 2024 general election ended in defeat.
