Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Police have been granted four days to question lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam in custody in a case over the alleged abetment of his second wife Mariam Khatun's suicide. His first wife, Maksuda Begum, has been remanded for one day in the case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehsanul Islam passed the order following a hearing on Monday afternoon, according to Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam of the prosecution division.

The case's investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Shamsuzzoha Sarker of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, had sought seven days to question both suspects.

Police brought Nazrul and Maksuda to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court around 2:22pm and held them in the court lock-up before the hearing....