Dhaka, May 20 -- A Dhaka court on Monday sent popular actor Nusraat Faria to jail in connection with an attempted murder case linked to the July-August uprising.

Judge Sarah Farzana Haque of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka passed the order.

The court also fixed May 22 this year to hold a hearing for the bail petition filed by Nusraat.

Earlier that day, Sub-Inspector Billal Bhuiyan of Bhatara Police Station in Dhaka, who is also the investigation officer of the case, presented her before the court seeking her confinement in jail.

During the proceedings, Nusraat's lawyer Mohammad Iftekhar Hasan requested her bail, stating that she was not in Bangladesh during the incident that led to the attempted murder case against her.

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