Bangladeshi actress Nusraat Faria, recognized for her portrayal of Sheikh Hasina within the Bangabandhu biopic, ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’, has been arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport, native media retailers reported on Sunday.
The Dhaka Tribune reported that Nusraat was arrested for her alleged involvement in an tried homicide case linked to anti-government protests.
A case was filed towards 17 actors, together with Nusraat, for the alleged tried homicide of a scholar within the capital’s Vatara space through the July rebellion final yr, in response to Dhaka Tribune.
Inspector Sujan Haque of Vatara Police Station mentioned she was arrested this afternoon, as reported by bdnews24.com.
“Our group went to the airport to get her based mostly on data from Immigration Police,” he mentioned. “A couple of days in the past, a court docket accepted an tried homicide case towards her. She has been proven arrested in that case,” as per the outlet.
The case was filed on the police station through the Anti-discrimination Scholar Motion’s protests in 2024, the police mentioned, in response to bdnews24.com.
The web site of the native information outlet Prothom Alo reported that the actress was arrested on the immigration checkpoint on the airport this morning as she was about to journey to Thailand.
Nusrat made her appearing debut with the movie Aashiqui (2015), the place she performed the lead position reverse Ankush Hazra. The movie was a business success.
She additionally labored in a number of different hits similar to Hero 420 (2016), Badsha – The Don (2016), Premi O Premi (2017) and Boss 2: Again to Rule (2017).
She essayed the position of Sheikh Hasina in ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’, which was launched in 2023. It was based mostly on the lifetime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh, who’s popularly referred to as Bangabandhu. It was a co-production between Bangladesh and India, the movie was directed by Shyam Benegal and stars Arifin Shuvoo within the titular position.
In keeping with bdnews24.com, Faria mentioned on the time that she couldn’t imagine she had the chance to painting the Awami League chief.
The actress mentioned, “After I learnt of it, I felt just like the luckiest individual in my nation. As a result of, nobody has ever performed her position onscreen earlier than. I do not know if anybody will do it sooner or later.”
“I really feel that even when I by no means act once more sooner or later, I’ve received the chance to play this position, which is the last word achievement for me,” as per the bdnews24.com.