Court Correspondent :
The Speedy Tribunal-1 of Dhaka yesterday deferred the trial of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad murder case against 25 accused to October 5 as the complainant was unwell.
The prosecution submitted a petition, saying that Md Barkatullah, father of the victim and complainant of the case, have been suffering from jaundice and that is why the hearing should be adjourned.
However, the complainant was present in the court on Sunday, but he was not in a position to give deposition while 22
accused, now in jail, were produced in the court. On September 15, the same tribunal framed charges against 25 accused of the case.
Abrar, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of BUET, died after he was brutally beaten, allegedly by some Chhatra League members at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university in the early hours of October 7, last year. Later, his father Barkatullah, filed the case with Chawkbazar Police Station against 19 BUET BCL leaders.
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 have been made accused in Abrar Fahad killing case.
On November 13 last year, detectives submitted a 105-page charge sheet against 25 BUET students in connection with the murder case. Of them, 22 accused were earlier arrested and they were remanded several times. During the investigation, eight of the accused gave confessional statements in the different magistrate courts on different dates. Three of the accused have been absconding since the incident.
The Speedy Tribunal-1 of Dhaka yesterday deferred the trial of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad murder case against 25 accused to October 5 as the complainant was unwell.
The prosecution submitted a petition, saying that Md Barkatullah, father of the victim and complainant of the case, have been suffering from jaundice and that is why the hearing should be adjourned.
However, the complainant was present in the court on Sunday, but he was not in a position to give deposition while 22
accused, now in jail, were produced in the court. On September 15, the same tribunal framed charges against 25 accused of the case.
Abrar, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of BUET, died after he was brutally beaten, allegedly by some Chhatra League members at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university in the early hours of October 7, last year. Later, his father Barkatullah, filed the case with Chawkbazar Police Station against 19 BUET BCL leaders.
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 have been made accused in Abrar Fahad killing case.
On November 13 last year, detectives submitted a 105-page charge sheet against 25 BUET students in connection with the murder case. Of them, 22 accused were earlier arrested and they were remanded several times. During the investigation, eight of the accused gave confessional statements in the different magistrate courts on different dates. Three of the accused have been absconding since the incident.
