Pori Moni case
Pori Moni likely to be produced before CMM court today
Actress Shamsunnahar Smrity alias Pori Moni might be produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM), Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, upon completion of her 4-day remand in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Pori Moni is scheduled to be taken to the court at 12:00 pm and be produced before it at 3 pm, sources within law enforcement agencies and the CMM court told UNB.
Read: Probe committee to investigate Saklain-Pori 'affair'
She might be produced before the court in the afternoon, said Deputy Commissioner (Prosecution) Zafar Hossain.
Film actress Pori Moni, whose allegation of rape attempt on her by businessman Nasir U Mahmud and others prompted firestorm in social media barely two months back, was detained from her home on August 4.
Read:Pori Moni ‘affair’: Now police officer Sakline faces the music
A case was then filed against the actress under the Narcotics Control Act the following day.
Later, a Dhaka Court placed her on a 4-day remand in the case.
Read: Pori Moni placed on 4-day remand
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has been tasked with investigating the charges brought against her.
They took over the case from the Detective Branch (DB) of the police and were carrying out the investigation.
'Rape attempt' on Pori Moni: Nasir, Omi get bail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to former Uttara Club president Nasir U Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in an attempted rape and murder case filed by actress Pori Moni.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahzadi Tahmida passed the order when police produced them before the court on completion of their five-day remand.
Read: Nasir, Omi put on 5-day remand over ‘rape attempt’ on Pori Moni
Earlier, on June 23, a Dhaka court placed Nasir and Omi on a five-day remand each in the case.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Rajib Hasan passed the order after investigation officer of the case Md Kamal Hossain produced them before the court with a plea of 10-day remand.
Dhallywood star Pori Moni on June 14 filed a sexual assault complaint against six people, including Nasir with Savar Model Police Station.
Read:Pori Moni case: Omi's associates get bail
Later in the day, Nasir U Mahmud and four others were arrested from Uttara by a detective team.
Earlier, Pori Moni in her verified Facebook page, uploaded a status seeking justice from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, claiming that the six people attempted to rape and kill her.
Pori Moni case: Omi's associates get bail
Two associates of Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, one of the accused in a case over rape and murder attempt on actor Pori Moni, have been granted bail in a case filed against them under the Passport Act.
The court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Kumar Mondal delivered the verdict granting bail to Bashir Miah and Mashiur Rahman Palash on Saturday.
A joint team of Dakkhinkhan and Savar police raided a recruiting agency belonging to Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in Dhaka's Dakkhinkhan area on the night of June 15 and recovered 102 passports from there.
Also read: Pori Moni buoyed by police work, calls it 'magic'
Two staffers, Bashir and Palash, were also arrested during the raid.
Later, Kamal Hossain, inspector (investigation) of Savar Police Station filed a case against Omi and the two arrestees with Dakkhinkhan Police Station under the Passport Act.
Besides, the court also ordered to send three young women arrested alongside Nasir U Mahmud and Tuhin Siddiqui Omi to jail after they were produced before it after completion of their remand.
Also read: Pori Moni case: Police press drug-related charges against Nasir, four others
A Dhaka court on 15 June placed Nasir U Mahmud and Tuhin Siddiqui Omi on a seven-day remand each in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Three women, also accused in the case, have been remanded for three days.
BNP smells a rat in Pori Moni incident
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that actress Pori Moni’s issue was brought to the limelight to divert people’s attention to a different direction from Khaleda Zia’s illness and the government’s failure to tackle the Covid situation.
Speaking at a roundtable discussion, he also questioned the seven-day remand of businessman Nasir U Mahmud in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Read: Pori Moni buoyed by police work, calls it 'magic'
“The main job of the current government is to deceive people and mislead them. Our journalist brothers are now very active over the Pori Moni issue. Who is Pori Moni? Can’t we understand it’s again a matter of diversion and misleading people?” the BNP leader said.
He said, “When there’re talks over Khaleda Zia’s illness and her release, the country’s democratic situation and the Health Ministry’s extreme failure, and when the Covid cases keep surging, this issue has been brought to the forefront.”
Fakhrul said it is only possible for Awami League to deceive people and play games with them. “They’re suppressing the entire nation resorting to this tactic.”
BNP’s national committee on celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the country’s independence arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, marking the shutdown of all newspapers except four state-run ones on 16 June 1975.
On Monday, Nasiruddin Mahmud, former president of Uttara Club Limited, and four others were arrested from a Uttara flat in the capital following a case filed over his reported attempt to rape and kill actress Pori Moni.
Read: Another case filed against Tuhin Siddiqui Omi
Pori Moni, in her verified Facebook page, sought justice from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "I’ve been physically assaulted and they even attempted to rape and kill me. I want justice," she stated in her post.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court placed Nasir and another co-accused Tuhin Siddique Omi on seven-day remand each in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Fakhrul said people have no security in the country as law enforcers are suddenly picking up people in different cases, including false ones.
“I don’t know how much of this incident (Pori Moni’s) is true and false. But seeing yesterday’s incident, I’ve got an impression that everything is now possible in this country. The case was filed for attempting to rape and kill. But he (Nasir) was remanded in a narcotics case,” he said.
Read: Pori Moni case: Police press drug-related charges against Nasir, four others
Fakhrul also said he could not understand the reason behind placing businessman Nasir on the remand in the narcotic case when he does not own the house from where the liquor and drugs were recovered.
“Many questions have now arisen. Whether the powerful people and ruling party can do whatever they want. Whether the administration can pick up any one as per their whims and can defame and ruin his/her social dignity and family reputation in this way,” he questioned.
Another case filed against Tuhin Siddiqui Omi
Another has been filed against Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, one of the accused in a over rape and murder attempt on actor Porimoni, under the Bangladesh Passport Act, 1920.
On Tuesday night, a joint team of Dakkhinkhan and Savar police raided a recruiting agency belonging to Tuhin Siddiqui Omi in Dhaka's Dakkhinkhan area and recovered 102 passports from there.
Read:Pori Moni buoyed by police work, calls it 'magic'
Two staffers of the institution were also arrested during the drive.
The arrestees were identified as Palash and Bashir.
Kamal Hossain, inspector (investigation) of Savar Police Station filed a case against Omi and the two arrestees with Dakkhinkhan Police Station under the Passport Act, said Deputy commissioner of Uttara Division Police Md Saiful Islam.
Read: Pori Moni case: Police press drug-related charges against Nasir, four others
Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, along with businessman Nasir U Mahmood and three others were arrested on Monday in a case filed over rape and murder attempts on actor Shamsunnahar Smrity, popularly known as Pori Moni.
Read:Uttara Club's ex-president Nasiruddin,4 others arrested over rape attempt on Pori Moni
They were placed on a seven-day remand each in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Pori Moni buoyed by police work, calls it 'magic'
Popular Dhallywood actress Pori Moni has praised the police for what she called 'magic' in apprehending those she accused of attempted rape and murder.
“The role of the police in arresting the perpetrators was like magic. I never thought they would be arrested so soon,” said Pori, real name Shamsunnahar Smriti, in remarks to journalists outside the Detective Branch of police office Tuesday.
“Now I believe that I will get justice, and the accused will be punished through a fair trial,” she added, looking much more buoyed than the distressed, helpless woman who appeared before the media on Sunday, and before any arrests were made on Monday.
Also read: Pori Moni case: Police press drug-related charges against Nasir, four others
She visited the office of the Detective Branch and also thanked Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benzir Ahmed for promptly taking action in arresting the accused as soon as he learned about the incident.
“I knew he was the only place of hope. That's why I repeatedly wanted to reach out to him,” the starlet also said.
She seemed to backtrack somewhat from her initial grievance of the law enforcers not being cooperative, at least when she went to file a case at the Banani police station, right after the incident. Asked about going to Banani police station under the influence of alcohol, he said, "I was forced to drink alcohol."
Also read: Uttara Club's ex-president Nasiruddin,4 others arrested over rape attempt on Pori Moni
In response to another question, Pori Moni said, "I did not say that the police did not cooperate, rather I said I did not get cooperation from many places without specifically mentioning the police.”
Speaking after her, Harun-or-Rashid, joint commissioner (North) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), literally lapped up the praise, saying: "The IGP contacted our superiors as soon as he found out. We have arrested the accused with lightning speed. As she has already said, the role of the police was like magic.”
“We will do our best to bring justice in this case,” he added.
Also read: Pori Moni files sexual assault complaint against Uttara Club’s ex-president Nasiruddin, 5 others
On Monday, Pori Moni filed a sexual assault complaint against six people, including businessman Nasir U Mahmood, at Savar Model Police Station.
The previous day, on her verified Facebook page, she had posted a status seeking justice from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, claiming that someone or some people had attempted to rape and kill her at the Uttara Boating Club, in an incident four days earlier, that is June 9th.
The status went viral in no time, and it was followed by a dramatic midnight press conference from her residence that was widely broadcast.
Also read: Pori Moni's plea for justice from PM causes sensation
Nasiruddin, owner of real estate company Kunjo Builders, and also an ex-president of Uttara Club, was picked up along with some associated before the next working day(Monday) was over.
Pori Moni case: Police press drug-related charges against Nasir, four others
Police on Tuesday pressed drug-possession charges against realtor Nasir U Mahmood and four others, a day after they were arrested over their alleged attempt to rape and murder actress Pori Moni.
An FIR was filed against the five under the Narcotics Control Act at the Airport police station in the small hours of Tuesday on a complaint by Manik Kumar, sub-inspector of DB Gulshan zonal team, said duty officer Mashiul Alam.
Drug-related charges have been brought against the five in the wake of the seizure of some 1,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession at the time of their arrest.
Read Pori Moni's plea for justice from PM causes sensation
The other accused in the case are Tuhin Siddique Omi, 33, Nazma Amin Brishti, 24, Lipi Akter, 18, and Sumi Akter, 19.
All of them will be produced in a court later in the day and police will seek their remand for custodial interrogation, sources told UNB.
On Monday, police arrested Nasir, the former president of Uttara Club Limited, from a flat in the Uttara area in the wake of a case filed over the alleged attempt to rape and kill actress Pori Moni. The case was filed on a complaint by the actress.
Read: Rape attempt on Pori Moni: Boat Club expels Nasir from EC
Apart from the drugs, police also seized foreign liquor and beer from the apartment.
Nasir’s Facebook profile shows he is currently the chairman of Kunj Developers, former president of Uttara Club, former district chairman of Lions Clubs International, a former footballer, and former elected general secretary of SM Hall of Dhaka University.
Besides, Dhaka Boat Club expelled Nasir from its executive committee on Monday, hours after his arrest.
Read: Uttara Club's ex-president Nasiruddin,4 others arrested over rape attempt on Pori Moni
The club took the unanimous decision at an EC meeting presided over by its President Dr Benazir Ahmed. It was attended by eight other EC committee members as well as club’s adviser Rubel Aziz.
The meeting also suspended the club membership of Nasir and three others, Tuhin Siddique Omi and Shah S Alam, said a statement from the club.