The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has filed a charge sheet against seven people, including former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akhter, in connection with the murder of his wife Mitu.
PBI Chittagong Metropolitan unit Inspector Md Omar Faruk submitted the charge sheet with Babul Akhter as the primary accused in the case, to the prosecution unit of the Chittagong court.
PBI Chief Banaj Kumar Majumder confirmed the matter on Tuesday.
He said that the case has been investigated with utmost seriousness.
We have filed a charge sheet in the court against the seven with the information we have gathered in the investigation, the PBI chief said.
On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul's wife Mitu at the port city's GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, off at Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College.
Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish police station against three unidentified men.
The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) in 2019 after Mitu's father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP's mishandling of the case.
On May 12, 2021, the PBI submitted its final report and arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.