Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Wednesday recovered remains of five-year-old Ayat, who was kidnaped and murdered in Chattogram, from a canal in the city. The remains were fished from a canal along the sea on Akmal Ali Road in the city after conducting a drive for the sixth day this noon, said Superintendent of PBI Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Naima Sultana. “Details will be shared later,” she added. Read more: Ayat murder in Ctg: Accused’s parents put on 3-day remand On November 25, PBI arrested Abir Ali, 20, for kidnapping and murdering Alina Islam Ayat 10 days after she went missing. Illias Khan, PBI inspector in Chattogram, said that Abir Ali, an ex-tenant of the victim’s family, kidnapped the girl on November 15 for ransom on her way to a mosque where she used to learn Arabic at Bandartila area in Chattogram. Ali strangled the girl to death and later he chopped her into six pieces after taking to a residence on Akmal Ali Road in the city. He subsequently dumped the body wrapped in two bags on a beach in the city’s Kattali area, the PBI officer said. Read more: PBI yet to recover Ayat’s remains The victim’s father, Sohel Rana, lodged a general diary at the local police station after she went missing, police said. Abir was put on another seven-day remand on Monday on completion of his two-day remand. Abir’s parents van puller Azharul Islam and his wife Aleya Begum were placed on a on a three-day remand on Tuesday.

A Dhaka court on Sunday asked the jail authorities to produce former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akhter before it in a case filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar under the Digital Security Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam passed the order following a petition by a counsel of the accused for showing Babul Akhter arrested in the case. Read more: Mitu murder: Court accepts chargesheet against Babul Akter, six others The court also fixed November 10 for the hearing of the plea in presence of Babul Akhter. The court also deferred the submission of the probe report in the case to December 8 which was scheduled to be submitted today. On September 27, PBI Chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar filed the case accusing four people including Babul Akhter on charge for making ongoing investigation on Mitu murder questionable, spreading false information and throwing abusive words. Banaj Kumar, also an additional inspector general of police, lodged the case at Dhanmondi police station. The other accused in the case are US expatriate and Youtuber Elias Hossain, Babul’s father Md Abdul Wadud Mia and brother Md Habibur Rahman Labu. Of them, Elias was made the prime accused in the case. In the case the plaintiff alleged that all the accused intentionally spread false information to make objectionable the ongoing investigation of Mahmuda Khatun Mitu murder case through social platforms including Youtube. Besides, Elias from the US spread misleading information to spoil communal harmony of the country and tarnish the image of PBI, the statement said. Read more: Court rejects Babul Akther’s petition to sue PBI chief, five other cops On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College. Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men. 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 Akhter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison. Babul Akhter filed a no-confidence motion 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. PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder. On September 25 this year, a Chattogram court rejected a plea filed by Babul seeking its permission to file a case against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) including its chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar for torturing him in police custody. The court also rejected two separate petitions for recording statement under Section 200 bringing Babul Akhter to the court and seeking security in Feni prison cell.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that the statement given by Rahima Begum, who was found alive in Faridpur after remaining missing for 29 days, about her ‘disappearance’ to PBI and at the court is misleading. However, they are verifying her statement given at the court, SP Syed Mushfiqur Rahman of PBI Khulna told UNB today. So far, nothing has been found that proves Rahima’s statement to be true, said the PBI official. On Monday, the investigating officer visited the house of Quddus Mollah at Syedpur village in Faridpur, where Rahima had been staying since September 17. “We got important information there,” SP Mushfiqur said. Read: Families of arrestees claim Rahima’s daughter Moriom behind mysterious disappearance Now the investigation officer will go to Bandarban for further investigation as Rahima went to Islampur in Bandarban Sadar upazila, as per her statement in court. Besides, police suspect involvement of Belal Hawlader, Rahima’s second husband, in her disappearance. “We are hopeful of getting information if we interrogate him. We have submitted plea to the court for his remand,” the officer added. In her statement, Rahima said she found herself in Chattogram Hill Tracts area after being abducted on August 27. She took up work at a hotel in Bandarban. The hotel owner later offered her a job in a local camp for which her birth certificate and NID card were needed, she said. For collecting birth registration and NID card, she went to Quddus Molla’s house, her acquaintance, at Syedpur village of Boalmari upazila under Faridpur district. Read:Rahima Begum handed over to family after recording statement There, she reached out to Syedpur Union Parishad Chairman Abdul Haque on September 16 for birth certificate and NID, stating that she was born in that village and used to live in Bagerhat for livelihood. However, the UP chairman refused to issue those out of suspicion, said the PBI officer. “We are still investigating the case and action will be taken if Rahima Begum gave false statements about her disappearance,” the PBI official said. On September 25, Rahima Begum, who remained “missing” for 29 days, was handed over to her family after her statement was recorded in the court. Later, she was taken to her younger daughter Aduri Akter’s house in Khulna’s Boyra area, said plaintiff’s lawyer Afruzzaman Tutul. In her statement, Rahima provided detailed information on being “abducted over land dispute”. Read: I was abducted over land dispute: Rahima Begum The night before, police rescued Rahima from Boalmari upazila of Faridpur. On August 27, Rahima went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in the Banikpara area of Doulatpara upazila in Khulna around 10pm. Her children found her sandals, scarf and the pitcher she was carrying from the spot. Six people Rahima accused over her abduction in the statement were also accused in a case filed over her going missing, following a complaint received from her children.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Tuesday arrested the owner of the pick-up van that hit nine siblings walking back home from a temple in Cox's Bazar, leaving six dead. The arrestee is Mahmudul Karim. PBI Cox's Bazar Special Superintendent of Police Sarwar Alam said the PBI team arrested the pick-up owner from Chakaria of Cox’s Bazar. Read: Cox's Bazar road tragedy: Another brother dies of injuries at Ctg hospital He was later produced before a court in the afternoon, the official added. Earlier on February 16, Chakaria Senior Judicial Magistrate Rajib Kumar Dey directed the PBI to investigate the case. On February 11, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained the driver of the pick-up van from Dhaka's Mohammadpur area. On February 8, the fatal accident occurred near Memorial Christian Hospital in the Malumghat area of Chakaria when the nine siblings were crossing a road, leaving five of them dead on spot. Four other siblings were also injured in the accident. The deceased were Anupam Shil, 47, Nirupam Shil, 45, Dipak Shil, 40 Champak Shil, 30, Smaran Sushil, 32, and Raktim Shil, 33 sons of late Suresh Chandra Shil of Dulahazra union in Chakaria upazila. Read:RAB detains driver of pick-up van that killed 5 brothers in Cox's Bazar On February 22, Raktim Shil died at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). The nine, all Hindus, had gone to a nearby temple to offer prayers for their father who was killed a day before. Plaban Sushil, another brother lodged a complaint with Chakaria Police.

A Chattogram court on Sunday shown former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter arrested  in a case filed by him over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016. Chattogram Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Abdul Halim accepted a petition filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) inspector Abu Zafar Mohammad Omar Faruk to show Babul Akter arrested in the case filed with Panchlaish Police Station. Read: Mitu murder case: Court rejects PBI’s final report Babul himself  filed the case soon after the murder. On December 30, 2021, the PBI inspector filed the petition seeking its permission to show Babul arrested in the case. On May 12, 2021, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder. The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation  in 2019 after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case. Mitu's father had, in fact, accused Babul of being directly involved in the murder case. On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College. Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men. Later, Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested four men, including Abu Nasur Gunu, Shah Zaman alias Robin, Md Anwar and Md Motaleb Mia alias Wasim, from different places in connection with the murder. Of them, Anwar and Wasim gave confessional statements before a magistrate, implicating seven people, including Musa who directly took part in the killing, Mohammad Rashed and Nabi. During the course of the probe, police had also arrested "arms supplier" Ehteshamul Haque Bhola and his assistant Md Monir and seized a pistol from their possession. Read:Mitu murder: accused Bhola confesses to supplying firearms Cops had also arrested Musa's elder brother Saidul Shikder Shakur and Shahjahan for providing the motorbike that was used in the murder. But on July 4, 2016, Nabi and Rashed were killed in a gunfight with police in Rangunia. Babul was called for questioning a number of times by the PBI since his transfer.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred to January 16 the submission date of the probe report in a case filed against Bashundhara Group MD Sayem Sobhan Anvir and seven others over the rape and murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara fixed the fresh date as Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) failed to submit the report on the day. Read: HC rejects Bashundhara MD’s anticipatory bail plea over Munia death case With this, the court deferred the submission of probe report in the case for six times. On April 26, police recovered the body of the 21-year-old college student hanging from a ceiling fan of her bedroom in a Gulshan flat. Munia's elder sister, Nusrat Jahan Tania, filed a case against Anvir that night accusing him of incitement to suicide. According to Tania, her sister, Munia, was in a relationship with Anvir who regularly visited her at the Gulshan apartment. On July 19, the investigating officer of the case Abul Hasan, also the officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, submitted a final report to the court giving a clean chit to Anvir. On September 6, Munia's sister Tania filed a rape and murder case against the Bashundhara Group MD Anvir and seven others with Dhaka's 8th Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children's Repression. Read:Munia rape and murder case: Bashundhara MD seeks anticipatory bail The court, after recording the complaint, directed the PBI to submit a report on it. The seven other accused in the case are: Bashundhara Group's Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam, Shah Alam's wife Afroza Begum; Anvir's wife Sabrina Sayem; Faria Mahbub Piyasha; Saifa Rahman Mim; landlord of the flat where the victim was staying, Ibrahim Ahmed Ripon and his wife Sharmim Akhter.

A Dhaka court on Monday fixed January 24 for hearing on framing charges against three people including Bangladesh national team cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima in a case filed over their ‘illegal marriage’. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain fixed the date in presence of the three accused. The court earlier fixed today for hearing on charge framing. But, Nasir’s lawyer filed a petition for deferring the date. Read: Cricketer Nasir, wife Tamima get bail The court also granted bail to Nasir, Tamima and Tamima’s mother Sumi Akhter. Earlier on October 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohamamd Jashim granted them bail when they surrendered before the court and sought bail in the case. On September 30, a report of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) said the marriage between Nasir Hossain and Tamima Sultana is illegal as she is still wife of businessman Rakib Hasan. PBI investigation officer Mizanur Rahman submitted the report before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohamamd Jashim. Later the court asked cricketer Nasir , Tamima and Tamima’s mother Sumi Akhter to appear before it on October 31. Tamima allegedly got married to cricketer Nasir without divorcing her husband Rakib Hasan. According to the PBI report, Tamima did not divorce her first husband Rakib and Rakib did not get any divorce notice from her. Rather, Tamima made a fake divorce notice. So, Tamima is still the wife of Rakib, said the report. Earlier on February 24, a Dhaka court directed PBI to investigate the case. Read: Cricketer Nasir, Tamima’s marriage illegal: PBI Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Md Jashim passed the order after taking the case filed by Rakib into cognisance. According to the case statement, Tamima got married to Rakib Hasan on February 26, 2011 and they have an eight year old daughter. Tamima, a cabin crew of Saudia Airlines, had been staying in Saudi Arabia due to Covid-19 situation since March 10, 2020. During this time, she contacted her family through mobile phone and social media. Tamima got married to the cricketer on February 24 while photographs of their marriage went viral on social media which drew the attention of Rakib Hasan.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested a couple from the city’s Niketon area in connection with alleged killing of their housemaid and dumping the body in shrubs at Diabari. A PBI press release identified the arrestees as Syed Jasimul Hasan, 63, and his wife Syed Samina Hasan, 60. Turag police discovery of the body of an unidentified 30-year-old woman from Diabari Jhaubon area on Friday led to the arrested couple. Read: ‘Top terrorist’ with his associate held in city An investigation by a PBI team led by SP Md Jahangir Alam identified the body as Parvin alias Fensi Ara, who worked at the flat of Syed Jasimul Hasan in Niketon. On Saturday, the PBI arrested the couple. During primary interrogation, the couple confessed that the woman died after Samina Hasan beat her with a stick following an altercation on December 1. Read: SSC examinee death: 300 booked for torching 8 buses in city Jasimul and Samina along with driver Ramjan Ali, 41, dumped Fensy’s body in the Jhaubon area in Diabari. Police also recovered a private car, a stick and a bed sheet from the spot. A case has been filed in this regard, the release added.

A Dhaka court has allowed cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore to file a no-confidence petition against Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) report which found no evidence that he was picked up by some people and suffered physical and mental torture in May last year. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh on Wednesday granted Kishore’s petition and set February 23 for filing the no-confidence appeal, confirmed Additional Public Prosecutor Taposh Kumar Pal of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court. Read: No evidence of torture on cartoonist Kishore found: PBI Earlier on October 17, Investigation Officer of the case and superintendent of police of PBI Mohammad Mizanur Rahman submitted a report saying that there was no evidence of his abduction and torture on him. According to the PBI report, Kishore's allegations of torture against 16-17 unnamed people were not primarily proved. On March 20, a three-member medical board of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) submitted a report to the court saying that they did not find any sign of torture on Kishore's body. The medical board comprised Prof Sheikh Nurul Fattah Rumi of ENT, Prof Fakhrul Amin Khan of orthopaedics and Prof Mohammad Hafiz Sardar of medicine departments. Read: Court accepts charges against cartoonist Kishore, 6 others On March 10, Kishore filed a complaint before Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court against unnamed members of law enforcement agencies, alleging torture after being arrested in a case under the Digital Security Act. Later on March 14, Judge KM Emrul Kayesh directed the director of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to form a three-member committee. He also directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the case. Rab arrested Kishore from Lalmatia on May 5, 2020 on charges of spreading disinformation against the government on social media.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) did not find any evidence of torture on cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore. Additional Public Prosecutor Taposh Kumar Pal of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court said Investigating Officer of the case and superintendent of police of  PBI Mohammad Mizanur Rahman submitted a report in this regard on October 17. The court fixed November 24 for hearing on the probe report on Wednesday. According to the PIB report, Kishore's allegations of torture against 16-17 unnamed people were not primarily proved. On March 20, a three-member medical board of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) submitted a report to the court saying that they did not find any sign of torture on Kishore's body. Read:DSA case: Charges pressed against cartoonist Kishore, 6 others The members of the medical board were Prof Sheikh Nurul Fattah Rumi of ENT, Prof Fakhrul Amin Khan of the orthopedic and Prof Mohammad Hafiz Sardar of medicine departments. On March 10, Kishore filed a complaint in the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court against unnamed members of law enforcement agencies, alleging torture after being arrested in a case under the Digital Security Act. Later on March 14, Judge KM Emrul Kayesh directed the director of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to form a three-member committee. He also directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the case. In his complaint, Kishore said, he was picked up on May 2 last year by some 16-17 unidentified men. They searched his room without showing any arrest warrant and illegally took all his digital devices, including  a mobile phone set, computer CPU and portable hard disc drive, he alleged. He also said that he was tortured physically and mentally at an unknown place between May 2 and 4 last year. At one stage of the interrogation, one of the men slapped Kishore, leaving him unconscious for a while. Earlier on Sept 12, Dhaka Cyber Tribunal accepted the charges against seven people, including cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) Act on charges of spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities. Writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s name was dropped from the charge sheet as he died on February 25. The three others accused who were exonerated from the charges are-- US-based journalist Shahed Alam, Germany-based blogger Asif Mohiuddin, and Philip Schuhmacher. Read: Court asks PBI to investigate case over cartoonist Kishore’s torture in custody On June 13, police submitted a supplementary charge sheet against seven people, including cartoonist Kishore. Afsar Ahmed, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit (CTTC) sub-inspector and also the investigative officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court. In February, police submitted a charge sheet against three of the accused, dropping the names of eight others. Later, a Dhaka court ordered the DMP CTTC unit to further investigate all the 11 accused in the case. Rab personnel arrested writer Mushtaq Ahmed, also a businessman, and cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore from their respective homes in Kakrail and Lalmatia areas on May 5, 2020 on charges of spreading disinformation against the government on social media. On May 6 last year, RAB filed the case against the 11 people with Ramna police station on charges of spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities, under the DSA.