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Published : 24 Jun 2026, 11:02 AM
A Dhaka court is set to hear a police application to take television actor Niamot Ullah Bhuiyan, popularly known as Zaher Alvi, into custody for 10 days for questioning over the death of his wife Afra Ibnat Ikra.
The hearing at the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court was confirmed by prosecution police Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam.
The application for Alvi's interrogation was filed on Jun 21 by Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Abdul Malek of the Mirpur Zonal Team, the investigating officer in the case.
Alvi surrendered before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin on Jun 18 and applied for bail, which the court rejected before sending him to jail.
In the application for questioning, police said Alvi had been posting insulting and provocative content about Ikra on Facebook.
Despite being married, he posted a photo with another woman alongside provocative remarks on Feb 27.
Police argued that further questioning is needed to uncover the full truth of the case, arrest other absconding suspects and identify their whereabouts.
Alvi's mother Nasrin Sultana surrendered before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah's court on Jun 4 and was granted bail.
Ikra was found hanging from a ceiling fan by her “Orna”, or scarf, at the family's DOHS home in Pallabi around 11:45am on Feb 28.
Family members rushed her to Kurmitola General Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
Police later arrived at the hospital to record the inquest report and collected evidence from the flat.
Her father Kabir Hayat Khan filed a case that same night, alleging Ikra had been driven to take her own life by prolonged family conflict and different forms of abuse.
