Mitu Murder Case: Accused Bhola Gives Confessional Statement

Ehteshamul Haque alias Bhola, accused in the murder case of Mahmuda Akhter Mitu, wife of former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akhter, has given a confessional statement under Section 164 in the court.

He testified in the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate M Shafi Uddin on Saturday (October 23) afternoon. The matter has been confirmed by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Chattogram Superintendent of Police Naima Sultana. She said Bhola was taken to court after his arrest. Bhola has given a statement under section 164 in the court.

Superintendent of Police Naima Sultana, however, did not say anything about what Bhola said in his statement. Bhola was sent to jail after his testimony.

Bhola was arrested from Benapole and brought to Chattogram on Saturday. The investigating officer in the Mitu murder case, PBI inspector Santosh Kumar Chakma, said Bhola was the accused in the case filed by his father in the Mitu murder case. He was arrested from Benapole area on Friday night. He was brought to Chattogram.

According to PBI sources, Bhola was trying to flee to India through Benapole. However, he was arrested earlier.

On June 5, 2016, Mitu was shot and stabbed to death on the way to pick up her son from a school bus on OR Nizam Road in Chattogram city.

Later, SP Babul lodged a case against unidentified people with the Panchlaish Police Station in Chattogram in this connection.

Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, a resident of Bakalia area in the city, and his associate Monir were arrested in the lawsuit in the same year.