A Dhaka court has set Wednesday, August 18, for a bail hearing in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act against actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni.
The defendant's lawyer Mujibur Rahman petitioned for bail in the court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury on Monday. Subsequently, the court set August 18 for the bail hearing.
On August 13, Pori Moni and Ashraful Islam Dipu were brought before the court after a two-day remand in a drug case filed against them with Banani police station.
The same day, the investigating officer of the case argued for keeping the accused in jail after the lawyers for the accused filed bail petitions. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mandal rejected the bail petitions and sent the accused to jail, as they were deemed as flight risks.
On August 10, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas's court granted two-day remand for Pori Moni and Ashraful Islam Dipu. On August 5, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid granted four-day remand in the same case.
Earlier on August 4, RAB conducted a four -hour operation and arrested Pori Moni and Dipu from a house in Banani. Various types of drugs were reportedly seized from her house.
After the arrest, they were taken to the RAB headquarters. Later, RAB-1 filed a case against Pori Moni under the Narcotics Act.