Sayem Sobhan Anvir, the Managing Director of Bashundhara Group, has become a target of coordinated conspiracy and harassment, with claims that influential state and political actors sought to implicate him in the high-profile death case of Mosarat Jahan Munia.

According to multiple sources, former Army chief Aziz Ahmed and former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, along with a vested group in the Prime Minister’s Office, allegedly orchestrated a plan to frame the Bashundhara MD. Social media campaigns, public rumours, and even a press conference — held without any formal investigation — were reportedly used to spread propaganda against him.

For more than four years, Sayem Sobhan Anvir has been enduring prolonged legal and administrative harassment, with attempts made to undermine his social and corporate reputation. Observers said these moves were politically motivated, intended to divert public attention from sensitive state and political issues.

The chain of events began on 26 April 2021, when college student Munia was found dead in a Gulshan apartment — an incident that shocked the nation. Just an hour before her death, Munia spoke to her elder sister over the phone, planning a shopping trip. When her sister arrived at the flat, she discovered Munia hanging from the ceiling fan. The police initially recorded the incident as a suicide.

Yet within an hour, the case was reclassified as a murder one, and by the following day, a court had already imposed a travel ban on Sayem Sobhan Anvir. Such swift action — rare in Bangladesh’s legal system — sparked widespread suspicion.

Sources further claimed that Munia had connections with influential figures through film director Selim Chairman. Several Jubo League leaders and the son of a senior Chattogram Awami League leader were reportedly in contact with her, helping her rent the Gulshan flat. Social media influencer Tawhid Afridi was also said to have visited the apartment regularly.

Analysts argued that the Munia case represents a broader conspiracy involving the police, administration, and ruling party leadership of the time — an effort aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the country’s leading business conglomerate both domestically and internationally.