Sun News Desk : Former superintendent of police Babul Akhtar and his father Md Abdul Wadud Miah have been acquitted from a case filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar under Digital Security Act (DSA).
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The court, Meanwhile, issued an arrest warrant against journalist Iliyas Hossain, another accused in the case, as he is absconding. The court took the charges against Iliyas Hossain and Babul Akhtar's brother Md Habibur Rahman Labu into cognisance.
Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal passed the order today.
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The Judge fixed August 31 for hearing on charge framing against the accused in the case.
Babul’s lawyer Shishir Monir confirmed the matter.
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Banaj Kumar Majumder, chief of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station on September 27 last year.
On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at Chattogram port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akter, 7, at the pickup spot for his school bus.
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Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men.
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