Shami Kaiser-Taposh sent to jail in an attempt to murder case

Actresses Shami Kaiser and the Chairman of private entertainment channel Gaan Bangla Kawshik Hossain Taposh were sent to jail after ending their remand in an attempt to murder the case of Uttara Purba Thana.

Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) of Dhaka GM Farhan Ishtiaq after hearing the arguments of both sides ordered to send them to Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Mrittunjoy Pandit Mithun of Uttara Purba Thana and Investigation Office (IO) of the case produced both the accused before the court with a prayer for confining them in jail custody till ending the investigation of the case.

Lawyers of the accused moved separate petitions seeking bail for both the accused while the prosecution side opposed the bail petitions.

After hearing the arguments of both sides, the MM ordered to send them to jail.

Police on November 3 arrested Kawshick Hossain Taposh from the capital‘s Vatara area and Shami Kawser was arrested from the Uttara area on November 5 for their suspected involvement in an attack on businessman Ishtiaq Mahmud and others on July 18.

Ishtiaq Mahmud received critical bullet wounds in his belly, hand, head and legs during the attack by police, and Awami League cadres in front of Nawab Habibullah High School at Uttara sector-4 while he along with his friends, guardians and local people took part in an agitation programme enforced by anti-discrimination students’ movement on that day.

He was first taken to a nearby hospital from where shifted to Evercare Hospital for better treatment.

Ishtiaq Mahmud later filed a case with Uttara Purba Thana accusing 126 people including former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on October 29.