A petition has been filed for Ayesha Siddiqa Minni’s bail in connection to the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

Minni’s lawyer Advocate Mahbubbul Bari Aslam filed the petition with Barguna District and Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman's court on Tuesday (Jul 23) morning.

"A hearing regarding the petition will be held later in the day," said Mahbubbul Bari Aslam.

On Jul 22, Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Sirajul Islam Gazi’s court rejected Ayesha Siddiqa Minni’s appeal for seeking treatment.

On Jul 21, the same court rejected Minni’s bail petition.

On Jul 16, police arrested Minni. A court placed her on a five-day remand the following day.

On Jul 19, a Barguna court recorded the statements of Aysha Siddiqa Minni in connection with the case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif.

A group of assailants stabbed Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife Ayesha Siddiqa Minni outside the Barguna Government College on the morning of Jun 26.

A video of the attack later went viral on the internet, which sparked outrage throughout the country. Two men were seen hacking Rifat with sharp weapons as Minni desperately tried to save him.

The victim, Rifat Sharif, was taken to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

In the same day, the victim’s father, Dulal Sharif, filed a case against 12 people, including prime suspects Sabbir Ahmed Nayan alias Nayan Bond and Rifat Farazi.