Chattogram: Former SP Babul Akhter recently got bail from the High Court in the controversial Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case. Babul Akhter, who is imprisoned in Chattogram Jail, was supposed to be released on Sunday (December 1) afternoon. Accordingly, his bail bond was sent to the prison. However, he is not being released today.
Senior Jail Superintendent of Chattogram Central Jail Md. Iqbal Hossain confirmed the matter. He said that he (Babul Akhter) is not getting released today, I can confirm this. If all the documents are in order, his release may be tomorrow, or it may not be. I have received the bail bond. I could not get the clearance today. I will work on it tomorrow. Since it is night, there is no opportunity to work.
Earlier, on Sunday (December 1) afternoon, the bail bond was sent to the prison from the court of Chattogram's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Jasim Uddin, said Bench Assistant Omar Faruk.
He said, the PBI has been saying since morning that the bail will be suspended. He could not submit any documents till afternoon. Due to which he was sent to jail after signing the bail bond in the afternoon.
At around 4:30 pm today, Babul Akhter's second wife Israt Jahan Mukta, cousin Abdul Majed and 5 to 6 relatives came to the Chattogram Central Jail to receive him after his release. After a while, the prison officials took them inside through the main gate. After about an hour, at around 5:45 pm, they came out of the prison again. They said that Babul Akhter is not getting released today. At this time, journalists kept asking them 'why is he getting released'. However, his wife Mukta did not say anything. A relative of Babul Akhter named Noor Alam who was with them said, he might get released on bail today, that's why we came here. However, we did not get information about when he will be released from there or when he will come. So I cannot tell you either.
When asked why he will not be released, Babul Akhter's lawyer Mamunul Haque, who was there, said that his bail bond has been received for almost 4:30. Due to which the prison authorities said that it is not possible to complete all the processes today. Hopefully, it will be tomorrow.
Babul Akhter's lawyer Advocate Kafil Uddin said in the evening that after various delays, the bail bond was sent to the prison from the court this afternoon. He was supposed to be released at 5 pm. We have been told to go before that. But even if we go earlier, the prison authorities said that they will not release him today. They said that he will be released before 10 am tomorrow.
Regarding the application seeking a stay on the bail order, he said that in the bail order itself, the High Court said that no one can stop his release without a stay order. And even after being released on bail, he is being harassed and harassed. The evil force that has been working behind this since the beginning is now exerting its influence. If he is released, he will not escape. If the court asks him to surrender again, he will do so.
Meanwhile, Mitu's father has filed an application seeking a stay on the bail granted to Babul Akhter by the High Court. The application may be heard in the chamber judge's court tomorrow, Tuesday.
On November 27, the High Court granted bail to former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akhter in the murder case of his wife Mahmuda Khanam (Mitu). The High Court bench of Justice Md. Atowar Rahman and Justice Ali Reza passed this order. Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir stood on behalf of Babul in the court.
On August 14, after the political change in the country, SP Babul Akhter applied for bail in the court of Chattogram's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Jasim Uddin. The judge rejected the bail and gave the order on August 18. Later, he applied for bail in the High Court.
It is known that on the morning of June 5, 2016, Mahmuda Khanam Mitu was shot and stabbed to death by miscreants on the way to drop her son to the school bus on Nizam Road in Chattogram city. At that time, this incident was widely discussed across the country. At the time of the incident, Mitu's husband, Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter, was staying in Dhaka. After the incident, the then Superintendent of Police and Mitu's husband Babul Akhter returned to Chattogram and filed a murder case with Panchlaish Police Station against unknown persons. However, the PBI found that the husband Babul Akhter himself was involved in the murder of his wife in the case. The final report was submitted in the previous case on May 12, 2021. On the same day, Mitu's father, former police inspector Mosharraf Hossain, filed a second case with Panchlaish Police Station in Chattogram City, making Babul Akhter the main accused. On the same day, the PBI arrested Babul Akhter in the case and sent him to court. Babul has been in jail since then.