A Dhaka court has acquitted Khadiza Akhter Sumi in a case filed over the murder of a police inspector and his wife in 2013.
Judge Md Al Mamun of Dhaka Juvenile Court passed the order in the presence of Shumi on Sunday.
While talking to the Dhaka Tribune, Sumi said: “I am happy with the verdict.”
According to the case statement, Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman, were found murdered at their Malibagh home on August 16, 2013.
Domestic held Sumi was accused of assisting the couple’s daughter Oishee Rahman in removing the bodies of the couple.
A day after the murder, Oishee surrendered at Paltan police station. Later, police arrested Sumi and Oishee’s friends Jony and Rony.
Two charge sheets were submitted on March 9 2014 – one pressed against Oishee and her two friends while the other against Sumi who is under 18.
On November 2015, a Dhaka court sentenced Oishee to death for murdering her parents in cold blood.
However, in June 2017, the High Court commuted Oishee’s death sentence.
The High Court cited a lack of motive, Oishee’s medical report (physical and mental condition), mental disorder, a lack of prior criminal records and her surrender within two days of committing the crime as reasons for commuting her sentence.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
