Dhaka, May 19 -- Popular actress Nusrat Faria was sent to jail by a Dhaka court on Monday in connection with an attempted murder case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Naznin Akter passed the order after Faria was produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in the morning. Sub-Inspector Billal Bhuiyan, the investigating officer, requested that she be held in jail, while her lawyers submitted a bail petition.

Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki opposed the bail plea during the hearing. The court scheduled May 22 for the hearing on the bail application.

Faria was detained by immigration police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday while trying to leave for Thailand. She was later handed over to Bhatara...