GCC Engr Delwar murder case, Asst Engr Anis loses bail

Gazipur City Asst Engr loses bail in murder case

A Dhaka court Tuesday cancelled bail of Mohammad Selim alias Anis Howlader, an Assistant Engineer of Gazipur City Corporation and issued arrest warrant against him in a case filed over the killing of former Executive Engineer Delwar Hossain in May 2020.

Judge (in-charge) Bilkis Akhter of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka passed the order after Advocate Kaoser Ahmed, lawyer for the complainant, appealed to the court to cancel Selim's bail.

In the order, the court said the accused Selim secured bail from a High Court bench on June 29 this year for a period of six months. But the chamber judge of the Supreme Court on July 5 stayed for eight weeks the High Court's bail order.

So, his bail was cancelled and arrest warrant was issued against him, the court added.

Earlier on July 27, rejecting the probe report submitted by Turag Police Station, Delwar's wife Khodeja Akhter filed an application with a court of Dhaka, seeking further investigation into the case.

According to the charge sheet, Delwar was killed over a disagreement with his colleague Selim over the latter's illegal activities. Selim used to take illegal benefits from different contractors, but Delwar opposed such illegal practices, the charge sheet said.

Police recovered victim Delawar’s body from an empty plot of Uttara Sector-17 near Beribadh around 4:00pm on May 11, 2020.

Victim’s wife Khodeja filed the murder case with Turag Police Station, accusing some unidentified assailants. - Special Correspondent