HC scraps plea against indictment of ex-SP Babul

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by former Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter challenging the legality of framing charges against him in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. The HC Bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order after hearing the petition. Now there is no legal bar to continue the trial proceedings against him in the case, said the concerned lawyers.
Lawyer Mohammad Shishir Manir appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Babul Akhter, while Deputy Attorney General Sujit Chatterjee Bappi represented the State.
Earlier on March 13, a Chattogram court framed charges against seven people including Babul Akhter in Mitu murder case. Later, Babul Akhter filed a petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the charge framing order.
On June 5, 2016, Mitu was stabbed and shot dead when she was walking her son to his school bus stop at the port city’s GEC intersection. On June 6, 2016, Babul filed a case with Panchlaish Police Station. However, finally he became an accused in the case.
On September 13 in 2022, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) pressed the charges against Babul Akter and six others in the case filed over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.
Abu Jafar Mohammad Omar Faruk, Inspector of PBI and also the Investigation Officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the prosecution unit of the Chattogram court.
The case was transferred to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in 2019 after Mitu’s father, also a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP’s mishandling of the case.
On May 12 in 2021, the PBI submitted its final report and arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.
Babul Akhter also filed a no-confidence petition against the PBI report on October 14, 2021.
On November 3 in 202, a Chattogram Court rejected the final report of PBI in the murder case and ordered it to conduct further investigation. PBI then submitted its charge sheet on September 13 in 2022 in the case.