Mim arrested in Munia murder case

Mim was arrested from her Dhanmondi residence in the capital on Tuesday morning. She was later taken to the PBI’s Special Crime Office for questioning.

PBI chief and Additional IGP Banaj Kumar Majumder confimed about the arrest of Mim this evening after questioning her through the day.

Arrested Mim is the former wife of Nazmul Karim Chowdhury Sharun, son of Shamsul Huq Chowdhury, whip of Jatiya Sangsad and member of parliament from Chattogram-12 constituency (Patiya). Mim is the No. 6 accused in the murder case.

In the evening of April 26, 2021, police recovered the 21-year-old Munia hanging from a ceiling fan in her bedroom at a flat at House No. 120, Road No. 19 in Gulshan.

Munia’s elder sister filed a case on September 6 with a Dhaka court.

On July 19,  police filed the final report with Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

On August 18, a Dhaka court relieved Anvir from the charge of abetting the suicide of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia.

On September 6, Munia’s elder sister filed a case with Dhaka’s 8th Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal against eight persons, accusing them of rape and murder.

The court ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to open an investigation into the allegations.