Jamaat expels Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam over ‘moral misconduct’

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday expelled Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam from the party after an organisational investigation found him guilty of moral misconduct.

The decision was announced in a statement issued in the afternoon by Jamaat Central Publicity and Media Secretary Ehsanul Mahbub Zubayer.

According to the statement, the party’s Central Executive Council took the decision at an emergency meeting held at 4pm at the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition on Minto Road in the capital.

The meeting, chaired by Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman, was attended by members of the party’s Central Executive Council.

The statement said the council decided to expel Gazi Nazrul from Jamaat under Article 62 of the party’s constitution after an organisational investigation found that allegations published in various media outlets against the MP had been proven to constitute moral misconduct.

The party also decided to immediately inform the Election Commission of his expulsion.