DSA case against ex-SP Babul transferred to cyber tribunal

The case filed against sacked superintendent of police Babul Akhter, his father, brother and a journalist under the Digital Security Act was transferred to the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal today for its trial.

Banaj Kumar Majumder, chief of Police Bureau of Investigation, filed the case in September last year accusing them of spreading false information about the murder of Babul's wife Mitu.

Babul is in jail but his father Abdul Wadud Mia and brother Habibur Rahman Labu are on bail, while journalist Elias Hossain is abroad.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Asekh Imam passed the order after scrutinising the case docket and other relevant documents.

Rabiul Islam, an inspector of the capital's Dhanmondi Police Station, submitted the charge sheet to Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on April 19.

The charge sheet mentioned that Elias is absconding. An appeal was filed for issuing an arrest warrant against him.

On June 5, 2016, Mitu was shot dead while she was walking her son to his school bus at Chattogram's GEC intersection.

Babul then filed a case accusing three unidentified men.

Later, PBI took over the investigation of the case from the Detective Branch of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.

On May 11 last year, PBI called Babul to its office for interrogation.

Officers later said PBI took him into custody after he failed to give satisfactory answers to certain questions.

The following day, Mitu's father filed a murder case accusing Babul of planning the murder over an affair. Seven others were also accused in the case.