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Published: 28 Apr 2021 10:20 PM BdST
Updated: 28 Apr 2021 10:20 PM BdST
Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group, has moved the High Court for an anticipatory bail in a case that accuses him of abetting the suicide of a young woman. );
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The panel of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman are expected to hear the petition on Thursday, according to the bench’s business agenda published on Wednesday.
Md Tahirul Islam, the deputy attorney general for the bench, said he saw the case on the cause list, but did not know the details.
The body of 21-year-old Mosarat Jahan Muniya was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a flat in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Apr 26.
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Sayem Sobhan Anvir, the Managing Director of the Bashundhara Group, has filed a petition with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed over the suicide of a college girl in the capital.
Lawyers filed the bail plea yesterday on behalf of Anvir, 42, who was sued over abetting Munia’s death by suicide.
The bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman is scheduled to hear the petition today.
Earlier on Tuesday, a Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on Anvir barring him from leaving the country after filing the case.
Sayed Ahmed Raza did not disclose details on this issue.
The bail petition of Anvir has been included as item No 14 in the cause list of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman for its hearing tomorrow.
Contacted, Deputy Attorney General Md Tahirul Islam told this correspondent that his office is yet to receive the copy of the bail petition as of 8:25pm.
He said the accused must appear before the HC bench for anticipatory bail in the case against him during its hearing.
Earlier on Tuesday, a Dhaka court issued a travel ban on Sayem Sobhan Anvir in connection with the case.
Death of College Girl: Her diaries hold vital evidence
Say police about the case against Bashundhara MD Sayem Sobhan
Sayem Sobhan Anvir. Photo: Collected Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Six diaries of the college student found dead in a Gulshan flat on Monday contain crucial evidence supporting the allegations against Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir of abetting suicide, police said. The victim s utter frustration and mental breakdown are reflected in her diaries, which we have seized. Her writings will be important evidence, Sudip Chakrabarty, deputy commissioner (Gulshan division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters yesterday.
Meanwhile, the victim s elder sister, who filed a case with Gulshan Police Station under section 306 of Bangladesh Penal Code on Tuesday, said she received threatening calls from unknown people asking her to withdraw the case against Anvir or suffer the same fate as h
CJ forms 2 more HC benches to run judicial functions
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today constituted two more High Court benches to virtually hear and dispose of urgent cases during the ongoing restrictions imposed due to surge of Covid-19 pandemic.
With these two, a total of six HC benches will now perform judicial functions till further order, Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman told The Daily Star.
The two new HC benches consist of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman; and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain and Justice Khizir Hayat.
Earlier on April 11, the chief justice had constituted some benches of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court for virtually hearing and disposing of urgent cases to deal with the changed situation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.