Death of Girl in Gulshan: Police fail first probe deadline

Investigators yesterday did not submit a probe report before the court in the case filed against Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir over death of a college girl at a Gulshan flat in the capital.

Abul Hasan, investigation officer of the case and officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, did not file any probe report with court till yesterday, court sources said.

Moreover, no further date has been fixed to submit the probe report in the case as the proceedings of regular courts are still suspended due to the countrywide ongoing restrictions to curb the coronavirus infections, the sources added.

A Dhaka court on April 27 directed authorities to submit the probe report by yesterday. it also issued travel ban on Anvir following a petition by police that day.

Police on April 26 recovered the body of the girl hanging from the ceiling fan in her bedroom. Her sister filed a case against Anvir for "abetting suicide" on April 27.

An official of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Gulshan division), seeking anonymity, said they are yet to complete the probe report as they did not get an autopsy report.