A Dhaka court has opened the trials of 25 people with alleged ties to the murder of Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Dhaka Speedy Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman framed the charges against all accused and issued the trial order on Tuesday.
Abrar, a sophomore student of electrical and electronic engineering at BUET, was tortured to death at the Sher-e-Bangla Hall in October 2019.
The university suspended 19 students and banned organisational political activities on the campus following student protests.
The judge will hear testimony on every workday from Sept 20 to Oct 1 without a break.
Police pressed formal charges against the 25 suspects over the murder in November 2019.
Abrar was bludgeoned to death by a group of activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League in his dormitory on Oct 6 after he criticised the government over a water-sharing deal with India on Facebook. His father started a case against 19 students with Chawkbazar police the next day.
Source: bdnews24.com
