Former superintendent of police, Babul Akhter, was released on Wednesday from Chattogram Central Jail after 43 months of imprisonment in connection with the murder of his wife, Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.聽聽
The release followed a decision by the Appellate Division鈥檚 chamber judge to uphold a High Court order granting him bail.
Babul鈥檚 lawyer, Kafil Uddin, and his second wife received him at the jail gate.
On June 5, 2016, Mahmuda was shot dead while dropping off her son at a school bus stop in the city鈥檚 GEC area.
Initially, Babul Akhter himself filed a murder case against unidentified assailants with Panchlaish police station.
The case, however, took a dramatic turn when Mitu鈥檚 father, Mosharraf Hossain, accused Babul of orchestrating the murder and filed a separate case against him.
On May 12, 2021, Babul was arrested as prime suspect in the case.
Over the years, his bail applications were consistently denied until November 27, 2024, when the HC granted him bail following the fall of the Awami League government after a student-led mass uprising on August 5.
Mosharraf Hossain, acting independently of the government, filed an appeal to the Appellate Division challenging Babul鈥檚 bail order.
The court, however, upheld the High Court鈥檚 decision, clearing the way for Babul鈥檚 release.
Babul was granted bail while third additional metropolitan sessions judge at Chattogram testified 50 out of 90 prosecution witnesses of the murder case.
