Saifa Mim lands in jail

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Saifa Rahman Mim, an accused in a case over the rape and murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia, to jail, reports UNB .

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mainul Islam passed the order. Earlier in the day, Alauddin, inspector of Police Bureau of Investigation and also the investigating officer of the case, filed a petition for keeping her in jail after producing her before the court.

Defence lawyer advocate Gazi Shah Alam filed a petition for her bail.

The court fixed Thursday for hearing the bail petition.

Earlier, on Tuesday, PBI Special Crime (South) arrested Mim for interrogation from her Dhanmondi residence, said PBI Additional Superintendent of Police (Law and Media Branch) Md Abu Yusuf.

On September 6 last year, Munia's sister filed a rape and murder case against the Bashundhara Group MD and seven others.