SC Chamber Judge upholds bail of ex-SP Babul in murder case

SP Babul Akter

The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted ad-interim bail to former Superintendent of Police Babul Akter in a case filed over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016.

Justice Md Rezaul Haque, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order on a petition filed by Mosharraf Hossain, victim Mitu’s father, who sought a stay on the High Court bail order.

Babul’s lawyer Mohammad Shishir Manir told reporters that there is no legal bar to his client’s release from the jail following the order of the Chamber Judge.

On November 27, the High Court granted ad-interim bail to Babul Akter and also issued a rule asking the state to explain why he should not be granted permanent bail in the case.

On June 5 of 2016, Mitu was stabbed and shot dead while she was taking her son to the school bus stop in Chattogram city’s GEC intersection. After the murder, Babul filed a case against three unidentified men with Panchlaish Police Station.

Then, the case was taken over by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) from the Detective Branch of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.

Later, Mitu’s father, on May 12, 2021 filed a murder case against eight people, making Babul the mastermind accused in the case, alleging that he was the main tool behind the murder. Mitu’s father also alleged that Babul killed his wife over an extra-marital affair. - Special Correspondent