The High Court (HC) has granted a three-month interim bail to Shomi Kaiser, former president of e-CAB and actress, in a case filed over an attempt to murder businessman Ishtiak Mahmud during the protests led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain issued the order today (10 December), Shomi’s lawyer ABM Hamidul Mejbah told media after the hearing.
On 6 November, police arrested Shomi from a house in the capital’s Uttara area. She was also remanded for three days later that day.
According to the case documents, Ishtiak Mahmud, along with others, joined a rally of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on 18 July. As the rally reached Azampur Nawab Habibullah High School in Uttara Sector-4, Awami League supporters pounced on them, firing indiscriminately at the protesters.
One bullet hit Ishtiak in the abdomen, and he was rushed to Evercare Hospital, where he underwent treatment for his injuries.
Ishtiak filed the case at Uttara East Police Station on 29 September against 126, including former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, Shomi, and Gaan Bangla television channel chairman Kaushik Hossain Taposh.
