SC stays ex-state minister Mahbub’s bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the High Court's bail granted to former state minister for Civil Aviation Mahbub Ali in the case of the murder of hotel worker Siam, filed at the Mirpur Police Station in the capital. At the same time, the Appellate Division directed the High Court to settle the rule regarding his bail within a month.
A three-member Appellate Division bench, led by Senior Justice Ashfaqul Islam, issued the order after a hearing on the matter.
During the hearing, Senior Advocate SM Shahjahan represented Mahbub Ali, while Additional Attorney General Abdul Jabbar Bhuiyan and Deputy Attorney General Zahirul Islam Suman represented the state.
Earlier, an application was filed to stay the High Court's bail granted to Mahbub Ali in the Siam murder case filed at the Mirpur Police Station.
On December 12, the Chamber Judge Court sent the matter to the Appellate Division, suspending the bail granted by the High Court to Mahbub Ali. Chamber Justice Md. Rezaul Haque passed this order. The state's hearing was conducted by Additional Attorney General Abdul Jabbar Bhuiyan and Deputy Attorney General Zahirul Islam Suman.
Mahbub Ali was granted bail by a High Court bench led by Justice Bhismadev Chakraborty on December 10.
On September 15, Mahbub Ali was arrested by a team of DB Police from Segunbagicha in the capital. The next day, on September 16, the court ordered to send him to jail.
According to the case details, the victim, Siam Sardar (17), worked at Hotel Rabbani in Mirpur, Dhaka. On July 18, while on his way home after finishing his shift during an anti-discrimination student movement, he was shot in Mirpur-10. He was declared dead by doctors when taken to the hospital.
On September 4, Siam's father, Sohag Sardar, filed a murder case at the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court. The court accepted the plaintiff's statement and directed the Mirpur Police to register the case. The case includes former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal among over a hundred accused individuals.
