Staff Reporter :
A Dhaka Court on Sunday rejected bail petitions of four accused in a case filed on charge of killing Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), in October last year.
The accused are Mehedi Hasan Rasel, a 13th batch student of civil engineering department, Muhtasim Fuad, a 14th batch student of civil engineering department, Morshed Amartya Islam, a 17th batch student of mechanical engineering department and Mahadul Setu, a 14th batch student
of chemical engineering department.
Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 passed the order after holding virtual hearing on the bail petitions filed by their lawyers through email on Thursday.
The judge, in his order, said that the accused were directly involved with the murder and some of them had earlier given confessional statements before magistrates on different dates. So, their bail petitions had been rejected, the judge added.
Advocate Faruk Ahammed and other lawyers took part in the hearing on behalf of the accused while public prosecutor Abu Abdullah Bhuiyan stood for the state.
Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering department of BUET, died after he was brutally beaten by some Chhatra League men at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university in the early hours of October 7, 2019.
Later, Abrar’s father Barkat Ullah filed a murder case against 19 students with the Chawkbazar Police Station.
The incident triggered a firestorm of protests on campuses across the country. Many took to the social media to demand justice for Abrar.
Amid protest on the campus, BUET authorities on October 11 banned all political activities on the campus and suspended 19 students, mostly leaders of the university’s BCL unit who were made accused in Abrar Fahad killing case.
On November 13 last year, Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police submitted the charge-sheet in the BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case accusing 25 students of the institution, most of whom are reportedly BCL men.
Of them, 22 accused were earlier arrested and they were remanded several times. During the investigation, eight of the accused gave confessional statements to magistrates on different dates. Three of the accused have been absconding since the incident took place.
A Dhaka Court on Sunday rejected bail petitions of four accused in a case filed on charge of killing Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), in October last year.
The accused are Mehedi Hasan Rasel, a 13th batch student of civil engineering department, Muhtasim Fuad, a 14th batch student of civil engineering department, Morshed Amartya Islam, a 17th batch student of mechanical engineering department and Mahadul Setu, a 14th batch student
of chemical engineering department.
Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 passed the order after holding virtual hearing on the bail petitions filed by their lawyers through email on Thursday.
The judge, in his order, said that the accused were directly involved with the murder and some of them had earlier given confessional statements before magistrates on different dates. So, their bail petitions had been rejected, the judge added.
Advocate Faruk Ahammed and other lawyers took part in the hearing on behalf of the accused while public prosecutor Abu Abdullah Bhuiyan stood for the state.
Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering department of BUET, died after he was brutally beaten by some Chhatra League men at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university in the early hours of October 7, 2019.
Later, Abrar’s father Barkat Ullah filed a murder case against 19 students with the Chawkbazar Police Station.
The incident triggered a firestorm of protests on campuses across the country. Many took to the social media to demand justice for Abrar.
Amid protest on the campus, BUET authorities on October 11 banned all political activities on the campus and suspended 19 students, mostly leaders of the university’s BCL unit who were made accused in Abrar Fahad killing case.
On November 13 last year, Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police submitted the charge-sheet in the BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case accusing 25 students of the institution, most of whom are reportedly BCL men.
Of them, 22 accused were earlier arrested and they were remanded several times. During the investigation, eight of the accused gave confessional statements to magistrates on different dates. Three of the accused have been absconding since the incident took place.
