A Chattogram court on Tuesday granted bail to the former superintendent of police Babul Akhter's father and brother in a case filed by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Chattogram Cyber Tribunal Judge Zahirul Kabir passed the order when Babul's father Md Abdul Wadud Mia and brother Md Habibur Rahman Labu surrendered before the court.
On October 17 last year, Naima Sultana, superintendent of police and in-charge of PBI in Chattogram, filed the case against them under the Digital Security Act and the Special Powers Act.
On Monday, a Dhaka tribunal granted bail to Wadud and Habibur after their surrender before it in the case.
Judge AM Julfiker Hayet of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal granted them bail till submission of the police report, the tribunal prosecutor said.
Meanwhile, the court also fixed January 12 for submitting the investigation report in the case.
In the same case, Babul was shown arrested on November 10 last year and placed on a one-day remand for quizzing.
Another accused journalist Elias Hossain, who was made the prime accused in the case, is abroad.
On September 27, PBI chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar filed the case accusing four people, including Babul Akhter on charge for making the ongoing investigation into Mitu murder questionable, spreading false information and throwing abusive words.
In the case, the plaintiff alleged that all the accused intentionally spread false information through social media platforms, including YouTube.
Besides, Elias from the US spread misleading information to spoil the communal harmony of the country and tarnish the image of the PBI, the statement said.
Mitu was stabbed and shot to death on June 5, 2016, when she was walking her son to his school bus at the GEC crossing in Chattogram city.
