Journo Nadim murder: Main accused Babu gets bail

Staff Reporter :
The High Court has granted ad-interim bail for six months to expelled-UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu in Jamalpur’s journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case.

The HC Bench of Justice Md Jahangir Hossain and Justice Mohammad Showkat Ali Chowdhury passed the order on Monday after hearing a petition filed by Mahmudul seeking bail in the case.

Nadim, who was the Jamalpur District Correspondent of Banglanews24.com and also the Bakshiganj Upazila Correspondent of Ekattor TV, died on June 15, a day after allegedly being attacked by supporters of Mahmudul Alam Babu.

Nadim’s wife Monira Begum filed the case with Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj Police Station on June 17 against 22 named and 20-25 unnamed persons. Mahmudul, the then Chairman of Sadhurpara Union Parishad in Bakshiganj Upazila, was named as the main accused in the case.

The state, however, on Tuesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the HC bail order.

The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division may hold hearing of the stay petition on Wednesday.

Deputy Attorney General Anwara Shahjahan, who opposed the bail petition of Mahmudul before the HC Bench, said that the HC Bench granted bail to Mahmudul on the ground that three accused of the case have made confessional statements before the Magistrate concerned, but they did not mention the name of Mahmudul as an offender in connection with the incident.