Trial against suspended assistant commissioner Urmi starts

A court has ordered charge framing in a case filed against suspended assistant commissioner Tapasi Tabassum Urmi for making derogatory remarks about Abu Sayed and other martyrs of the student-led July-August mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order on Tuesday, officially commencing the trial against her. 

On October 5 Tapasi Tabassum Urmi made a Facebook post from her account, making derogatory remarks about not only the martyrs of the July-August mass uprising but also the chief adviser of the interim government. 

She was made OSD the next day and was suspended on October 7.

Gono Adhikar Parishad higher council member Abu Hanif filed a case against her on October 8, 2024.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain after recording the statement of the complainant, summoned the accused on November 28. 

Urmi surrendered before the court on that day and pleaded for bail. The court after holding a hearing on her plea, allowed her bail on Tk 500 bond. 

On 26 January, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order for holding a hearing on charge framing in the case on February 4.