Dhaka, April 23 -- Tureen Afroz, a former prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), broke down in tears inside a Dhaka courtroom on Wednesday, moments before a hearing on a police petition to formally arrest her in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The hearing was held at the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, following her arrest during a raid on a house in Uttara on April 7.

On April 8, Afroz was remanded for four days in connection with an alleged attempt to murder a student named Abdul Jabbar during last year's Anti-Discrimination Student Movement protests. Once the remand concluded, she was sent to jail on April 12.

Subsequently, on April 21, police arrested her in another case related to the shooting dea...