Ex-SP Babul, his father relieved of charges in PBI’s DSA case
Former superintendent of police Babul Akhter and his father Abdul Wadud Mia were relieved of charges in the case filed by PBI Chief Banaj Kumar Majumder under the Digital Security Act.
The tribunal, however, took cognisance of the charges against Babul's brother Md Habibur Rahman Labu and journalist Elias Hossain in the same case.
Judge AM Julfiker Hayet of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents, said Public Prosecutor Nazrul Islam Shamim.
The tribunal fixed August 31 for hearing on charge framing against the accused in the case.
Of the accused, Labu is now on bail while Elias is on the run.
The tribunal issued an arrest warrant against Elias as he went abroad to avoid the arrest.
Md Rabiul Islam, an inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station and also the investigation officer of the case, on April 19 submitted the charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.
The IO showed Elias Hossain as a fugitive in the charge sheet and appealed to the court to issue arrest warrant against him.
On September 27 last year, the PBI chief filed the case against Babul and three others with Dhanmondi Police Station on charges of spreading false and untrue information regarding the Mitu murder case.
On June 5, 2016, Babul's wife Mitu was stabbed and shot dead while she was taking her son to his school bus stop at the port city's GEC intersection. After the murder, Babul filed a case against three unidentified men with the Panchlaish Police Station.
Later, PBI took over the case from DB of CMP.
On May 11 last year, Chattogram PBI summoned Babul to its office for interrogation. He failed to give satisfactory answers to the detectives and was taken into PBI custody.
The following day, Mitu's father filed a murder case against eight people, making Babul the prime accused in the case. Mitu's father alleged that Babul is the mastermind of the killing and he killed his wife over extramarital affairs.
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