Arrested accused Bhola makes confession in Mitu murder

Ehteshamul Huq Bhola, one of the eight accused in  sensational Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case, has made confessional statement before a Chattogram court.

Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin recorded his confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on Saturday.
Police arrested Bhola from Benapole on Friday night and then brought to the port city.  

Investigating officer PBI Inspector Santosh Kumar Chakma confirmed it earlier.

A court in Chattogram issued a warrant of arrest for Bhola in the murder case recently.

On October 14 last, a Chattogram court rejected the bail plea of Bhola, an accused of former police super (SP) Babul Akhter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case. Bhola pleaded for extension time for surrender at the directive of higher court.

On September 15 last, accused Ehteshamul Huq Bhola got four weeks' ad-interim bail from the High Court. As the ad-interim bail expired, he pleaded to the Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge court to grant him bail.

In the morning of June 5, 2016, Mitu was killed in firing by unidentified gunmen when she was taking her son to a school bus near the GEC intersection on Nizam Road in Chittagong city.

The killers had shot and stabbed her to death in front of the child. Her husband SP Babul Akhter was in Dhaka at the time of the incident.

After the murder, Babul Akhter returned to Chattogram and himself had filed a murder case with Panchlaish police station, accusing some unidentified persons.

Babul mentioned in the case that his wife might have been killed for his anti-militancy activities. Subsequently, his name was surfaced as the prime suspect. During the investigation, PBI found Babul Akhter's involvement in the murder of his wife Mitu and he was taken to their custody on May 11 last.

On May 12, a case was filed accusing eight persons including Babul Akhter. Ehteshamul Huq Bhola was also made an accused in the case.

SZA