The High Court, HC, has granted bail to former Chattogram Police Superintendent Babul Akter in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.
The bench of Justice Md Atoar Rahman and Justice Ali Reza passed the order on Wednesday, November 27, his lawyer Shishir Manir confirmed.
Earlier on August 18, the court of Chattogram’s 3 Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jashim Uddin rejected his bail petition.
Lawyer and family sources said Babul Akter has been in prison for more than three years in three cases but the allegations against him have not been proven. Of the cases, he earlier secured bail in two cases.
As a result, there is bar to release him, said his lawyer Shishir Manir.
On March 13, the court of Chattogram’s 3 Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jashim Uddin ordered to frame charges against former SP and six others.
The six other accused are Md Motaleb Mia alias Wasim, Md Anwar Hossain, Ehteshamul Haque alias Bhola, Shahjahan Mia, Md Kamrul Islam Shikder alias Musa, and Md Khairul Islam alias Kalu.
On June 5, 2016, Mitu was shot and stabbed to death on the way to pick up her son from a school bus on OR Nizam Road in Chattogram city.
Later, SP Babul lodged a case against unidentified people with the Panchlaish police station in Chattogram in this connection.
Later, Mitu’s father Mosharraf Hosen filed a case with the Panchlaish police station where Babul Akter was made main accused.
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