Court Reporter :
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka yesterday fixed November 28 to deliver the verdict in the BUET student Abrar Fahad killing case.
Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamaruzzaman of the speedy trial tribunal-1 fixed the date as the argument of both state and defendant completed their on Sunday.
On October 7, 2019, Abrar 22, was allegedly beaten to the death by a couple of leaders of the then BUET unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League over his posts on Face-book.
Abrar’s father filed the case with Chawkbazar Police Station against 19.
According to the police, of the 25 accused, 11 took part in the gruesome murder directly and the other played role in the crime one way or another. Of those arrested, eight have given confessional statements in the court.
Earlier on November 13, 2019, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka took into cognizance the charge sheet in the case filed by Detective Branch (DB) of police against 25 accused.
The case was later transferred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, allowing a plea of Abrar’s father.
The tribunal on September 15, 2020, framed charges against all 25 accused in the case.
On September 8, 2021, the tribunal framed charges in the case afresh. A total of 46, out of 60 prosecution witnesses testified in the case.
