The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former superintendent of police Babul Akter, one of the main accused in sensational Mahamuda Khanam Mitu murder case in Chattogram.

The HC bench of Justice Md. Atowar Rahman and Justice Ali Raza passed the order following a hearing on the case.

Due to the court order now there is no bar to Babul Akhter's release from jail, said his lawyer Mohammad Shishir Monir.

Monir said that the court granted bail considering his imprisonment for three years and seven months.

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He also said that Babul had been unjustly dismissed from his job and filed a case with the administrative tribunal regarding the matter, which is still pending. “If he wins the case, there will be no barrier to get back the job,” added the lawyer.

On June 5, 2016, Mitu was stabbed and shot dead when she was walking her son to his school bus stop at the port city's GEC intersection.

On June 6, 2016, Babul filed a case with Panchlaish Police Station.

On September 13, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) pressed charges against Babul Akter and six others in a case filed over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.

Abu Zafar Md Omar Faruk, inspector of PBI and also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the chargesheet to the prosecution unit of the Chattogram court.

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The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) in 2019 after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case.

On May 12, 2021, the PBI submitted its final report and arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.

Babul Akhter also filed a no-confidence petition against the PBI report on October 14, 2021.

On November 3 last year, a Chattogram Court rejected the final report of PBI in the murder case and ordered it to conduct further investigation.