DHAKA, Dec 24, 2021 (BSS) - A court here, today ordered to send Shah Newaz

Shahanshah, the suspended mayor of Jamalpur's Dewanganj municipality, to
jail.

  Earlier, police produced him in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court this afternoon.

  After hearing both sides, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Jasim
rejected his bail plea and send him to jail.

  Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Shah Newaz Shahanshah
along with illegal durgs and cash from a hotel in the city on Thursday last.

  A case was filed against him on December 17 following the occurrence of
insulting the education official whom the mayor slapped.

  Earlier on December 16, the mayor along with his companions went to the
local Shaheed Minar on Dewanganj Govt High School premises to place wreaths
when the education official was announcing names of different organizations
according to the list.

  But, the mayor became angry when the name of the municipality came at
number five.

  For this reason, at one stage, Shahanshah slapped the education official
amid huge public gathering.

  On December 21, Local Government Division (LGD) suspended Shahanshah from
his mayoral post while the ruling Awami League (AL) also excluded him from
the party.