The special tribunal to protect women and children in Dhaka has summoned the investigating officer of the Munia murder case to appear before it in person on Sunday to explain, to the court’s satisfaction, the lack of visible progress on four particular points of the case, including why No.1 accused Sayem Sobhan Anveer has not been arrested yet.  Bashundhara Group Managing Director (MD) Sayem Sobhan Anvir and the other seven accused in the rape-and-murder case of Mosarat Jahan Munia, a 21-year-old  college student with whom Anveer was carrying on an extramarital relationship at the time of her death, in Gulshan last April. The court would also ask for the IO’s explanation on what is preventing the arrest of the others. Besides, the court would also seek an explanation of why the DNA of Anveer (or anyone else) has not been matched with DNA samples collected from Munia’s body, room, or clothes, nor to confirm whose child she was carrying. Post-mortem report confirmed she was 2-3 weeks pregnant. Also, police did not seize enough CCTV footage of the house where Munia lived in Gulshan and the surrounding buildings to learn who went in and out of the apartment on the day of her death, last April 26. The court will also seek explanation on this. Read: Munia rape-murder: Model Piyasha placed on 2-day remand The court directed the IO, PBI inspector Golam Moktar Ashraf Uddin , to appear in-person and explain these four points after a petition was filed by Advocate Masud Salahuddin, the lead counsel for Nusrat Jahan Tania, Munia’s elder sister and sole guardian in the world, who is the plaintiff in the case. Meanwhile, former model Faria Mahabub Piyasha, the no.7 accused who became the first person to be remanded across two cases over Munia’s death, was sent back to jail on Thursday after two days in remand through the court. She was already in police custody for her involvement in an unrelated case. The IO in his forwarding report to the court said Piyasha gave important information about the incident which was being verified. But according to Masud Salahuddin, when Tania as the plaintiff called the IO to enquire, he told her they were having difficulty managing women officers to interrogate Piyasha satisfactorily. “So we entered a petition with the court seeking explanation on those four points,” Masud Salahuddin told UNB. Read: HC rejects Bashundhara MD’s anticipatory bail plea over Munia death case It may be mentioned here that two of the accused, Ibrahim Ahmed Ripon (no.8), the owner of the flat where Munia lived (and where she was found killed), and Sabrina Sobhan (no.3), Anveer’s wife, have secured anticipatory bail from the High Court, although the same was rejected in the case of Anveer. When Anveer’s counsel Yusuf Hossain Humayun was arguing on his behalf during the hearing on September 29, the senior judge of the bench stopped him and said  "The autopsy report says there were multiple injury marks on the body. We have several other matters to hear. For now we are granting bail to one of the accused [Sabrina]." While rejection of anticipatory bail does not necessarily compel the arrest of a person by the investigating agency, the reference to the injury marks in the court’s observation is said to be highly indicative of its own interpretation of the case. As police continued to dither and over a week had passed,  the order was passed summoning the IO to explain his actions, or inaction, on Wednesday (Oct 6) – the same date when the investigation report of PBI in the case was due, but the IO did not even show up  on the court premises. Apart from the summons to the IO, a new submission date of November 2  was also set for PBI’s investigation report.

The High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir in a case filed over rape and murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia. However, the HC granted six weeks' anticipatory bail to Sabrina Sayem, the  wife of Anvir in the same case. The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol passed the order. Lawyer Yusuf Hossain Humayun represented the accused petitioners during hearing on the matter. Read: Munia rape and murder case: Bashundhara MD seeks anticipatory bail 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. On September 6, victim's elder sister Nusrat Jahan filed the case with Dhaka Women andChildren Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 against eight people including Anvir. Read:Munia's death: Bashundhara MD among 8 sued over ‘rape, murder’ Chairman of Bashundhara Group Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam and six others were also made accused in the case on charge of abetting the crime. Tribunal judge Mafroza Parveen reviewed the case filed before the court by Nusrat Jahan Tania, sister of Munia, and asked Police Bureau of Investigation to probe the case.

Nusrat Jahan, elder sister of Mosarat Jahan Munia whose body was found hanging in a Dhaka flat, has lodged a general diary after receiving death threat over mobile phone. Nusrat, 34, daughter of late Shafiqur Rahman, a freedom fighter of Monoharpur in Cumilla district and wife of Mizanur Rahman, lodged the general diary with Kotwali Police Station on Saturday. Read Also: Munia's death: HC refuses to hear Bashundhara MD's anticipatory bail plea According to the GD, Nusrat has been receiving death threat and threat to withdraw the case against Bashundhara Group MD since Wednesday over mobile phone. She received the threat from different mobile phone numbers. On April 26,  police recovered the hanging body of Mosarat Jahan Munia, 21, from a flat in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. Read Five family members of Bashundhara Group MD leave country Following the recovery of her body, Nusrat Jahan filed a case under section 306 of Bangladesh Penal Code with Gulshan Police Station around the following day. In the case, Nusrat Jahan made Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group, the lone accused of abetting the death of the 21-year-old college student. Read Also: Those responsible for Muniya's death to be brought to justice: Minister A Dhaka court on April 27 issued a travel ban on Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir. On April 28, Sayem Sobhan Anvir filed a petition with the High Court, seeking anticipatory bail in the case. The High Court on April 29 declined to hear the anticipatory bail petition. Read Also: Young woman found dead in Gulshan; case filed against Bashundhara MD Meanwhile, five family members Anvir and their three domestic helps left the country for Dubai on a chartered flight on April 29 night. Sources at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said the five family members include Anvir's wife Sabrina Sobhan, their two children, wife of Anvir's younger brother Yeasha Sobhan and their daughter. Three domestic helps also accompanied them.  Read Muniya case: Bashundhara Group MD seeks anticipatory bail

Five family members of  Bashundhara Group's  Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir and their three domestic helps left the country for Dubai on a chartered flight on Thursday night. Sources at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said the five family members include Anvir's wife Sabrina Sobhan, their two children, wife of Anvir's younger brother Yeasha Sobhan and their daughter. Three domestic helps  also accompanied them.   Also read: Young woman found dead in Gulshan; case filed against Bashundhara MD "The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) gave permission to operate the chartered aircraft," said a CAAB official prefering anonymity.  He said the passengers boarded the aircraft on completion of necessary  formalities. He, however, said airport security officials were on high alert so that Sayem Sobhan Anvir cannot leave the country. A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued a travel ban on Sayem Sobhan after the recovery of a young woman's body hanging from the ceiling at a flat in the capital on Monday. Also read: Dhaka court imposes travel ban on Bashundhara MD over abetting suicide  The deceased was identified as Mosarat Jahan Munia, 21, daughter of late Shafiqur Rahman, a freedom fighter of Monoharpur in Cumilla district. Following the recovery of her body, the victim's sister, Nusrat Jahan, filed a case under section 306 of Bangladesh Penal Code with Gulshan Police Station on Tuesday. In the case, Nusrat Jahan made Sayem Sobhan Anvir the lone accused of abetting the death of the 21-year-old college student. Also read: Bashundhara Group MD seeks anticipatory bail On Wednesday, Anvir filed a petition with the High Court, seeking anticipatory bail in the case. But, the High Court declined to hear the anticipatory bail petition on Thursday.