DB official Saqlain faces forced retirement over 'intimacy' with Pori Moni
A forced retirement has been recommended for former additional deputy commissioner of the detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Golam Saqlain over "intimacy" with Pori Moni while working on a case filed by the actress.
Deputy Secretary Rokeya Parvin Jui from the Discipline-2 Branch of the Ministry of Home Affairs recommended his forced retirement on 13 June.
In a letter, the home ministry requested suggestions/advice/recommendations from the Public Service Commission secretary regarding the forced retirement.
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The decision was made following reports from several media outlets that claimed Saqlain had engaged in unprofessional conduct with Pori Moni while supervising the case filed by the actor against five persons, including businessman Nasir U Mahmud.
A disciplinary branch's investigation report mentions that Saqlain began regularly spending nights at actress Pori Moni's residence, as proven by the forensic report of his mobile phone.
The investigators also found that their WhatsApp conversations (from 11 July 2021 to 4 August 2021) were not of a general acquaintance or professional necessity. Instead, they were in a romantic relationship, according to the report.
In 2021, Saqlain was transferred to the Public Order Management division from the detective branch of DMP amid discussions of his intimacy with Pori Moni.
Pori Moni gets bail in attempted murder case
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to Pori Moni in a case filed by Nasir U Mahmud in 2022 on charges of attempting to murder him and issuing threats.
The court also granted bail to her costume designer Junayed Karim Jimmy alias Jimmy in the same case.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate M Saiful Islam passed the order after Pori Moni and Jimmy surrendered in the court and sought bail. The court fixed 1 October for a hearing on framing the case's charges.
On 18 April, the court accepted the charges against Pori Moni and Jimmy and issued a summons for them to appear before it on 25 June.
