A Dhaka Court has put former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter on a one-day remand in a case filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chief Banaj Kumar Majumder under the Digital Security Act (DSA). Judge Arafatul Rakib of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order after hearing on Thursday. When Police sought a seven-day remand Shishir Monir, lawyer of the accused, opposed the remand prayer and requested for bail. Read more: Dhaka court asks jail authorities to produce ex-SP Babul on Nov 10 Dhaka court asks jail authorities to produce ex-SP Babul on Nov 10 After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail plea and put him on remand. Earlier in the morning, Babul was brought to the court from the central jail in Keraniganj. Later, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam accepted police’s request to show Babul arrested in the DSA case. Md Rabiul Islam, Inspector (Operation) of Dhanmondi Police Station and the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, filed a petition to take Babul on a seven-day remand on Wednesday, citing three reasons including proper investigation of the case. On September 27, Jahangir Alam, Superintendent of Police (SP) of PBI (Dhaka Metro North), lodged a complaint against four people under the DSA with Dhanmondi Police Station on behalf of Banaj, which was later turned into a case. The other three accused in the case are Md Habibur Rahman Labu, brother of Babul, Md Abdul Wadud Mia, father of Babul and journalist Ilias Hossain. Ilias had published a video on his Youtube channel regarding the Mitu murder case some days ago, in which he had alleged that Banaj had intentionally implicated Babul in the case and the latter was tortured in custody.

A Chattogram court on Sunday rejected a plea filed by ex-Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter 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. Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Jebunnessa passed the order. The court also rejected two separate petitions for recording statement under Section 200 bringing Babul Akter to the court and seeking security in Feni prison cell. The court in its order said it is unusual for inspectors to beat and torture the person who was an SP. Babul Akhtar appeared before the court many times seeking bail, but in this one year and four months, he never said anything like torture in police custody at the court. The court thinks that as an accused in the case he is trying to obstruct the case in a new way, said Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court public prosecutor Md Fakhruddin Chowdhury. Read: Why Babul Akter should not be granted bail: HC Babul, who is now in jail in a case over the killing of her wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, lodged the complaint against the six PBI officers with the court on September 8. Advocate Habibur Rahman Labu, counsel of Babul, lodged the complaint against PBI chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar, Superintendent of PBI Chattogram , Nazmul Hasan, Naima Sultana, inspector (Khulshi) Santosh Kumar Chakma, inspector (DB CMP) AKM Mohiuddin Selim and Police Inspector Kazi Enayet Kabir. According to the complaint, PBI officials physically tortured Babul while he was put on remand and tried to kill him. On September 13, PBI pressed charges against Babul and six others in a case filed over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. 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. Read: Mitu murder case: Babul Akter denied bail again 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 ‘naraji 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.   PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder.

The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain why former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter, arrested in a case over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016, will not be granted bail. A divisional bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Kazi Ejarul Haque Akondo issued the rule after hearing the bail petition of Babul Akter. Read:Mitu murder case: Babul Akter denied bail again The respondents were asked to respond to the rule in the next two weeks. Senior lawyer Mansurul Haque Chowdhury and lawyer Mohammad Shishir Monir appeared for his bail while Deputy Attorney General Md Aminul Islam and Assistant Attorney General Md Jahangir Alam and Md Humayun Kabir represented the state. Earlier on January 6, a Chattogram Court denied bail to Babul Akter in the case. He was shown arrested on January 9. 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. Read: Ex-SP Babul shown arrested in case filed by him 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 ‘naraji petition’ against the PBI report on October 14. On November 3 last year, a Chattogram Court rejected the final report of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) the murder case and ordered it to conduct further investigation. PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife's murder.

A Chattogram Court on Tuesday denied bail to 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 Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman turned down the bail plea after hearing both sides, said Public Prosecutor (PP) of the court Md Fakhruddin Chowdhury. Earlier on Monday, Babul Akter filed the bail petition. On January 9, Babul Akter was shown arrested in this case. On December 30 last year, the PBI inspector filed the petition seeking its permission to show Babul arrested in the case. READ: Mitu murder case: Court rejects PBI’s final report 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.

Chattogram's former police superintendent Babul Akter, who is under arrest in a case filed over his wife Mitu’s murder, has been sent to Feni district jail Saturday.  Chattogram jail authorities have confirmed the handover to UNB. Jailer Dewan Tariqul Islam said following an order from the higher authority Babul Akter was handed over to Feni jail. “There is no significant reason for his transfer, it’s just where authorities want him to stay," he said. On May 17, after a 5-day remand Babul was produced before the court for giving a confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Also read: Ex-SP Babul placed on 5-day remand Later he changed his mind and the court sent him to jail. Since, Babul Akter was staying in Chattogram jail. On May 12, PBI detained Babul Akter following an investigation that gave them clear reasons to believe he was involved in his wife's murder. In the case statement, his father in law Mosharraf claimed that Babul had his wife killed over extra marital relationship. The other accused in the case are—Musa, Kalu, Ehteshamul Bhola, Munir, Saidul Islam Shikdar alias Sakku, Shahjahan, Anwar and Wasim. 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 his schoolbus. Also read: Mitu murder case: No confessional statement from Babul after remand

Chattogram's former police superintendent Babul Akter didn’t give any confessional statement at court on Monday after spending 5 days in police remand as accused in his wife, Mitu’s murder case. Babul was produced before Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Sarwar Zahan’s court by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) today. The court sent Babul Akter to jail around 3pm as he didn’t give any confessional statement under section 164. Assistant commissioner (prosecution) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, Kazi Shahabuddin confirmed the matter to media and said it’s up to PBI now, if they want to appeal for remand again for interrogating the former SP. Also read: Ex-SP Babul placed on 5-day remand On May 12, Babul was taken under 5-day remand by PBI for interrogation after being arrested in a 5-year old case filed over his wife’s murder case by his father-in-law. Former plaintiff now the prime accused of the murder case Babul Akter has mostly ignored any question regarding the motive of the murder during the interrogation, said the PBI officials. He only said, “You know everything, what should I tell?” said the sources involved in investigation. 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 had filed a murder case with Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men. On June 24, 2016 night, he was interrogated for 15 hours at intelligence office in Dhaka and on September 6, he willfully resigned from the police service. On May 13, this year, court placed Saidul Islam Shikder Shaku, seventh accused of the murder case on a 4-day remand. Also read: Mitu murder case: Former Chattogram SP Babul Akter detained Eight people including Babul were accused in the case filed by Mitu's father, Mosharraf Hossain. The other accused are Kamrul Islam Shikder alias Musa, Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, Motaleb Mia alias Wasim, Anwar Hossain, Khairul Islam alias Kalu, and Shahjahan Mia.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter in connection with the 2016 murder of his wife Mitu in broad daylight in the Port City. The arrest took place Tuesday, when he was taken to Chattogram from Dhaka for interrogation by PBI. PBI inspector Santosh Kumar Chakma said Babul Akhter was interrogated at the PBI metro regional office in Pahartali before he was arrested. On the morning of June 5, 2016, Mitu was hacked to death at the GEC Mor area in Chattogram as she went to drop her son at his schoolbus pickup point. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, a narrative was fed by Akter, a highly-decorated officer for his role in the police's long-running effort to eliminate extremism and militancy, and his supporters to depict Mitu's death as a revenge killing by the extremist elements - despite practically no precedent to suggest such a motive.  Akter, who was in Dhaka at the time, returned to Chattogram and filed a murder case against unidentified persons at Pachlaish Police Station, alleging his wife may have been killed for his anti-terrorist activities. Also read: Kurigram man arrested for raping 7-year-old girl The case however took a sensational turn after investigators uncovered the involvement of a 'source' - underworld elements used by police officers to keep tabs on society's criminal underbelly - used by Akter.   Although his fellow police officers learned enough at the time reportedly to refuse working with Akter, he was let off the hook with merely the loss of his career in law enforcement.  The case was transferred to the PBI from the Chattogram Metropolitan Police in 2019, after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's handling of the case.  Akter was called in for questioning a number of times by PBI since the transfer, but never placed under arrest. The PBI is yet to reveal what changed to compel the step taken today.