A Dhaka court today granted bail to actress Pori Moni after she surrendered before it in a case filed by Uttara Club Limited's former president Nasir U Mahmud, bringing allegations against her of assault, vandalism, attempted murder and issuing threats.

Dhaka's Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Zunayed passed the order after she surrendered before the court through her lawyer and sought bail in the case, said sources at the court.

The court also fixed March 20 to start the trial of the case.

Yesterday, the same court issued arrest warrant after framing charges against her in the case. The court also framed charges against another accused Junayed Karim Jimmy alias Jimmy in the case.

Read more

Pori Moni indicted; arrest warrant issued

On June 25 last year, Pori Moni got bail in the case after she was summoned on April 18, taking cognisance of the charges brought against her and her costume designer Jimmy.

On March 18 last year, Inspector Md Monir Hossain of Dhaka District's Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), and also the IO of the case, pressed charges against them.

Pori Moni, on June 14 of 2021, filed a case against Nasir and two others with Savar Police Station bringing allegations of rape and murder attempts, centring the same incident that took place on June 9 of the same year. The case is now pending with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-9 of Dhaka.

On July 6 of 2022, former Dhaka Boat Club executive and businessman Nasir, filed the case.

Read more

Attempted rape of Pori Moni: 5 including prime accused Nasir arrested

According to Nasir's complaint, Pori and her friends were alcoholics. They used to visit famous clubs, get drunk and take liquor with them without making payment, by threatening to file fake cases using their connections with police.

On the night of June 9, 2021, Pori and her associates went to Dhaka Boat Club in Savar after midnight and got drunk. Before leaving around 1:00am Pori asked the plaintiff to sit with her for a while.

According to the complaint, she tried to seduce Nasir and take a bottle of liquor as a parcel for free which the plaintiff denied.

After that Pori Moni started assaulting him verbally and threw a serving glass and phone at Nasir, hurting him on the head and chest. They also threatened to beat up and kill Nasir, he said in the statement.

Later to cover up the incident, she filed a case against Nasir and two others with Savar Police Station on charges of rape and murder attempts.

Meanwhile, Pori Moni and two others are facing a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act which is now pending with the Special Judge Court-10 of Dhaka.