The status talks about the very public speculations that have been made regarding Mahmuda Khanam Mitu's murder and how that has been affecting his whole family.
SP Babul writes: “I have two children who have lost their mother, crying out for her while people are busy making up stories. I do not have an armour to shield myself from the hurt and I cannot ignore it either.”
He also goes on to make a touching tribute to his late wife with whom he has a son and daughter.
“I never thought I deserved all the affection she gave me, she would stay up every night until I came home from work,” he wrote.
The status continues: “The smallest things would make her happy, I have seen her cry with the very thought that I could be harmed doing my job.”
Mahmuda Khanom Mitu, 32, was brutally stabbed and fatally shot by assailants in GEC intersection area in Chittagong while she was walking her son to his school bus on June 5.
SP Babul filed a case against three unidentified assailants with Panchlaish police station the next day.
On June 25 SP Babul was picked up from his father-in-law’s house by police and kept at the DB office for almost 15 hours.
Amid the media frenzy that ensued, some news outlets published reports saying Babul himself was involved in the murder. Some of these reports were retracted later.
At first, police suspected militant links due to SP Babul’s track record in anti-terrorism drives, but later said professional killers had murdered Mitu.
Ansar Al Islam, the Bangladeshi affiliate of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), issued a statement condemning the killing.
On June 26, Washim and Anwar named their associates in confessional statements before a court in Chittagong as Musa, Nabi, Rashed, Kalu and Shahjahan.
On June 28, police arrested Bhola and his aide Monir with two firearms from city’s Rajakhali area.
On July 5, police said Nur Nabi, 28, and Nurul Islam Rashed, 29, two men directly involved in the killing, were killed in a gunfight during an arrest in Rangunia.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
