HC rejects Bashundhara Group MD’s anticipatory bail plea

The High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group, in a case filed over the rape and murder of a college student in a flat at Dhaka’s Gulshan in April this year.

The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol deleted the name of Sayem Sobhan Anvir from the bail petition as there are specific allegations against him of rape and murder, Assistant Attorney General Md Mizanur Rahman told The Daily Star.

Sabrina has been asked to surrender to the trial court concerned on expiry of her bail period in the case.

The HC bench came up with the order after holding hearing on the petition filed by Sayem Sobhan Anvir and his wife Sabrina Sayem seeking anticipatory bail in the case.

On April 26, police recovered the body of the 21-year-old college student hanging from ceiling fan of her bedroom in a Gulshan flat.

On September 6, victim’s elder sister filed the case with a Dhaka court against Anvir over the rape and murder of the college student.

Chairman of Bashundhara Group Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam and six others were also made accused in the case on charge of abetting the crime.

The six other accused are: Shah Alam’s wife Afroza Begum, Anvir’s wife Sabrina Sayem, model Faria Mahbub Piyasha, Saifa Rahman Mim, the flat’s landlord Ibrahim Ahmed Ripon and his wife Sharmim Akhter.