Published : 12 Sep 2026, 03:46 PM
Updated : 16 Sep 2026, 11:49 AM
A Dhaka court has set Sunday for a revision hearing on a petition challenging the discharge of Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam and eight others in the murder case over the death of Deepto TV broadcast official Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim.
The hearing will be held in the court of Dhaka’s 13th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Zahidul Islam, bench assistant Sohel Mia said.
He told bdnews24.com that the revision hearing had initially been scheduled for Aug 27 but was later deferred to Sept 13.
Tamim was attacked at his home in the Metropolitan Residential Area under Hatirjheel Police Station on Oct 10, 2024.
He was taken to hospital in critical condition, where doctors declared him dead.
The following day, his father Sultan Ahmed filed a murder case with Hatirjheel Police Station, naming 16 people, including Pleasant Properties Managing Director Rabiul Alam, a member of the BNP central executive committee, and Department of Narcotics Control Deputy Director Mohammad Mamun.
Another 11 to 12 unidentified people were also accused.
According to a DMP briefing issued on the day the case was filed, Pleasant Properties had developed a building on land owned by Tamim’s father under an agreement.
A dispute over the distribution of flats in the building allegedly led representatives of the developer, Mamun and several others to attack Tamim.
Mamun’s father-in-law had bought a flat in the building from Pleasant Properties. Tamim’s family claimed the flat stood on their land and said the dispute had continued for three years.
Dhaka Metropolitan North PBI Sub-Inspector Zakaria Alam submitted a chargesheet against 13 people and a delinquency report against a juvenile on Dec 10 last year.
He recommended that Rabiul and eight others be discharged, saying no specific evidence had been found against them.
Tamim’s father filed a no-confidence petition on Jan 8, alleging that the investigating officer had not properly questioned witnesses and had recorded their statements according to his own wishes.
Sultan sought a reinvestigation, citing specific allegations against those recommended for discharge.
However, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammad Zunayed rejected the petition on Mar 3, accepted the chargesheet and discharged the nine suspects, finding no need for further investigation.
Sultan then filed the revision petition challenging that order.
The hearing is scheduled for Sunday.
Zakaria said he had charged those against whom he found evidence and recommended discharge for those against whom he found none.
He said the chargesheet explained the reasons for both decisions and denied that he had been influenced.
He also noted that the investigation was carried out under the interim government, when no political party was in power.
