Staff Reporter :
Film actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known by her screen name Pori Moni, has filed a petition with the High Court seeking quashment of the narcotics case filed against her.
The petition was filed on Sunday under Section 561(A) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, said her lawyer ZI Khan Panna.
A Dhaka Court on January 5 this year framed charge against three accused including Pori Moni in the case.
On August 4 last year, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Pori Moni from her house. RAB claimed that they had seized a huge quantity of narcotics there. Later RAB filed a case against her under the Narcotics Control Act.
She was placed on remand for seven days by three consecutive court orders which created a controversy across the country. Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organization, termed these steps as totally barbaric, inhuman, cruel and in violation of human rights.
After an interference by the High Court, Pori Moni got bail on August 31 in 2021 and she was released from the Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur.
