Dhaka, April 8 -- Former International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecutor Tureen Afroz has denied the charges against her, calling the "attempted murder" allegations related to the Anti-discrimination Student Movement "baseless".

She told the court that she had undergone tumour surgery before the alleged incident on Aug 5, 2024.

Speaking with the court's permission during a hearing at Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Tureen presented her position.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain granted a four-day remand for further questioning.

Tureen, in her statement, said: "For the past four years, I have neither spoken nor written anything in the media.

"Now, it is being said that I supported 'fascist' ...