Charge hearing in ASP Anis murder case Monday

A Dhaka court is set to hear charges against 15 people including the registrar of the state-run National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (NIMH) Dr Abdullah Al Mamun in ASP Anis murder case.

A Dhaka court is set to hear charges against 15 people including the registrar of the state-run National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (NIMH) Dr Abdullah Al Mamun in a case filed over the murder of Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anisul Karim Shipon.

The charge hearing will be held at the court of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-3 Judge Sheikh Samidul Islam on Monday (July 24).

Assistant Public Prosecutor of the court concerned Mohammad Salahuddin confirmed the information.

Earlier on November 30 last year, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted chargesheet to the court against 15 people including the registrar of the state-run National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (NIMH) Dr Abdullah Al Mamun in the case filed over the murder of ASP Anisul Karim Shipon. PBI Inspector (Unarmed) AKM Nasir Ullah, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the chargesheet.

The charge-sheeted accused were Mind Aid Hospital Director Arif Mahamud, Pharmacist Tanveer Hasan, Officers Sakhawat Hossain, Sajjad Amin and Fatema Khatun, Hospital Coordinator Redwan Sabbir, Employees Masud Khan, Jobair Hossain, Tanif Mollah, Sajib Chowdhury, Asim Kumar Pal, Liton Ahmed, Saiful Islam and Abdullah Al Mamun.

Anisul had been suffering from mental illness and was brought to Dhaka’s Mind Aid Hospital for treatment around 11:45am on November 9 in 2020.

The accused forcibly took the victim to the observation room of the hospital and beat him repeatedly.

The hospital staff then informed Anisul’s family that he had fainted.