Bangladesh, July 23 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled its Satkhira-4 lawmaker, Gazi Nazrul Islam, from the party after an internal investigation found evidence of what it described as "moral turpitude", triggering a constitutional debate over whether he can continue as a member of parliament.

The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the party's Central Executive Council on Wednesday afternoon at the opposition leader's official residence on Minto Road in Dhaka, chaired by Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman.

In a press release issued by the party's Central Publicity and Media Department Secretary, Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, Jamaat said Gazi Nazrul had been expelled under Article 62 of the party constitution following an organ...