A court in Dhaka has issued non-bailable arrest warrants against three former Metropolitan Magistrates of Dhaka and the investigating officer of the case for failing to appear in court to testify in the dentist Ahmed Mahi Bulbul murder case in Mirpur, Dhaka.
On Sunday, the case was scheduled for recording testimony in the court of Acting Judge Zahidul Islam of the 13th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court in Dhaka. However, no witnesses appeared in court on the day.
The court later fixed 12 January as the next date for recording testimony. Bench Assistant of the court, Sohel Mia, confirmed that non-bailable arrest warrants were issued to produce the four individuals in court to testify on that day.
The three magistrates facing warrants are Atiqul Islam, Mehdi Hasan, and Moinul Islam. They had recorded the confessional statements of three accused in this case while serving at Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in Dhaka.
The fourth person is the investigating officer of the case, Inspector Md Delwar Hossain of the Mirpur Zonal Team.
Earlier, on 27 September, then Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Sheikh Sadi testified in court.
He had recorded the confessional statement of Russell Hossain, an accused in the case. Out of a total of 23 witnesses in the case, testimony of 16 witnesses has been recorded so far.
How Bulbul was killed
Dentist Ahmed Mahi Bulbul was stabbed to death by muggers at around 5:30am on 27 March 2022 in the capital’s Mirpur.
Following the incident, his wife Shammi Akhtar filed a murder case as the plaintiff against unidentified persons at Mirpur Model Police Station on the same day.
Following the investigation, Inspector Muhammad Delwar Hossain submitted a charge sheet to the court on 24 September 2022, accusing five individuals.
The accused named in the charge sheet are Md Raihan alias Sohel Apon, Rasel Hossain Howlader, Arian Khan Hridoy, Solaiman, and Ripon. All of them are currently in prison.
