Irfan Selim’s bail order stayed

The Supreme Court (SC) today stayed for four weeks a High Court (HC) order that granted bail to Irfan Selim, son of Awami League lawmaker Haji Selim, in a case filed over assaulting a Navy officer in October last year.

The Chamber Judge of Appellate Division of the SC Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order on Sunday. 

Earlier on March 18, the HC granted bail to Irfan Selim in the case. The HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Badruzzaman granted the bail.

According to the case statement, a private car hit Bangladesh Navy’s Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan’s motorcycle near Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi on October 25, 2020 when he and his wife were returning to their Mohammadpur residence from Nilkhet.

Later, some people including Irfan came out of the car and physically assaulted Wasif and verbally abused his wife.

The Navy officer later filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station, naming four people including Irfan.

The three other accused are AB Siddique Dipu, 45, Md Zahid, 35, and Md Mizanur Rahman, 30. All of them are behind bars now.

On October 26, 2020, Rapid Action Battalion detained Irfan from his father’s Devdas Lane residence in Old Dhaka.