A Dhaka court on Monday directed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the assault, vandalism, murder attempt and threat case against film actress Pori Moni filed by Nasir Uddin Mahmood, former Dhaka Boat Club executive and businessman.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Rajib Hasan made the direction and asked CID to submit a report within October 6.

On July 6, Nasir filed the case against Pori and two of her associates. The court fixed today’s date to pass an order in this regard after recording the plaintiff’s statement, said Anwarul Kabir Babu, additional public prosecutor of the court.

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The others accused in the case are Fatema Tuz Jannat Boney and Zunayed Bogdadi Jimmy alias Jim.

According to the complaint, Pori and her associates were alcoholics, and used to get drunk in famous clubs and take liquor in parcels without making payment and threatening to file fake cases using their connection with police.

On the night of June 9 in 2021, Pori and her associates went to Dhaka Boat Club in Savar after 12am and got drunk as usual. Before leaving around 1 am Pori asked the plaintiff to sit with her for a while. At one point she tried to seduce Nasir and take a bottle of liquor as a parcel but free which the plaintiff denied.

After that Pori Moni started verbally assaulting him and threw a serving glass and phone at Nasir hurting him on the head and chest.

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They also threatened Nasir with beating and killing, he said in the statement.

Later to cover up the incident she filed a case against Nasir and two others at Savar police station for rape and murder attempts.