Dhaka, Sept 3 (UNB) - The High Court on Tuesday sent back the bail petition of suspended Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case accusing him of accepting Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

The bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin sent back the petition after a hearing. 

Basir sought bail from the court on Sep 1. He was arrested on July 22 and sent to jail by a Dhaka court the next day.

The alleged bribery came to light after a private TV channel ran a report accusing police’s Deputy Inspector General Mizanur Rahman of giving Tk 40 lakh to Basir for a clean chit in a corruption case. 

Basir was suspended on June 10 for breach of job discipline.  

Barguna, Sept 3 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to send six teenage accused in Rifat Sharif murder case to Jashore Juvenile Correction Centre.

Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Sirajul Islam Gazi passed the order when police produced them before the court.

With this, a total of seven teenage accused in the case have been sent to the Juvenile Correction Centre. 

The court also fixed September 18 for next hearing.

Earlier, on Sunday police in Barguna pressed charges against 24 people, including Rifat’s wife Minni, in the murder case.

Inspector Humayun Kabir of Sadar Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted a 614-page charge-sheet before the Senior Judicial Magistrate MdSirajul Islam Gazi, said court inspector Abdul Quddus.

Although there were 12 names in the First Information Report (FIR), the charge-sheet was submitted against 24 people.

Of the accused, 14 are teenagers and a separate supplementary charges-sheet was filed against them.

On June 26, Rifat Sharif, 22, was attacked with sharp weapons near the main gate of Barguna Government College. Minni appeared to be trying to protect him during the attack.

Main accused Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond was killed in a reported gunfight with law enforcers on July 2.

Police arrested Minni on July 16 over the murder of her husband and was denied bail several times. She reportedly confessed to her involvement in the murder before the court on July 19, two days after her arrest.

On July 31, Minni filed a petition with a Barguna court seeking withdrawal of her confessional statement over the murder.

Barguna, Sept 3 (UNB) – Ayesha Siddika Minni was released from the district jail on bail on Tuesday in a case over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

Mozammel Hossain, father of Minni, received her at the jail gate when she walked out of the jail around 4:35 pm, said Anwar Hossain, Jail Super of Barguna District Jail.

Earlier in the day, Chief Judicial Magistrate M Zahid Hossain asked the jail authorities to free Minni after receiving the copy of the bail.

The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court bail for Minni in the case, clearing the way for her release from jail.

The bench of Supreme Court judge Hasan Foyez Siddique passed the order dismissing a government plea challenging the HC order.

On August 29,the HC granted bail to Minni on condition of staying in her father’s custody and refraining from talking to media.

Meanwhile, police in Barguna on Sunday pressed charges against 24 people, including Minni, in the murder case.

Inspector HumayunKabir of Sadar Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted a 614-page charge-sheet before the Senior Judicial Magistrate MdSirajul Islam Gazi, said court inspector Abdul Quddus.

Although there were 12 names in the First Information Report (FIR), the charge-sheet was submitted against 24 people.

Of the accused, 14 are teenagers and a separate supplementary charges-sheet was filed against them.

Rifat murder: 

On June 26, Rifat Sharif, 22, was attacked with sharp weapons near the main gate of Barguna Government College in the town. Minni appeared to be trying to protect him during the attack.

Main accused Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond was killed in a reported gunfight with law enforcers on July 2.

Police arrested Minni on July 16 over the murder of her husband and was denied bail several times. She reportedly confessed to her involvement in the murder before the court on July 19, two days after her arrest.

On July 31, Minni filed a petition with a Barguna court seeking withdrawal of her confessional statement over the murder.

Dhaka, Sept 2 (UNB) – A court here on Monday granted bail to eight BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case of sabotage filed with Hatirjheel Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari granted the bail on a bond of Tk 5,000 to each, when they surrendered before it seeking bail for them, said Taherul Islam Touhid, a defence counsel.

The other BNP leaders who get bails are its standing committee members Moudud Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Mirza Abbas, BNP senior leaders Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Dr Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan and organising secretary Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu.

The High Court had granted anticipatory bails to the BNP leaders in the case on October 3, 2018.

Later, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in August this year asked the BNP leaders to surrender before the lower court. 

Shariful Islam, sub-inspector of Hatirjheel Police Station, filed a case against 55 people, including the eight BNP leaders, on charges of preventing police from discharging their duties and for carrying out sabotage activities on October, 2018.

Kushtia, Sept 2 (UNB) – A court here on Monday convicted two people and sentenced them to death for possessing drugs.

The convicts are-Rubel, 21, son of Khejmot Manddal and BhangonMandal, 22, son of Moslem Mandal of Mohammadpur village in Daulatpur upazila of the district.

According to the prosecution, a team of Narcotics Control Department in a drive arrested Rubel and Bhangon along with 800 grams of heroin from the village on October 19, 2017.

TariqueMasud, inspector of Kushtia Narcotics Control Department filed the case with Daulatpur Police Station.

Police submitted chargesheet against them on January 27, 2018.

After examining the records and witnesses, District and Session Judge Arup Kumar Goswami handed down the verdict.