Court Correspondent :
Twenty-two accused in the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad murder case, who are now in jail, yesterday expressed no-confidence on the judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka.
Defence lawyers for the accused submitted a petition saying that the judge did not record the statements properly during cross-examination.
The 22 accused will submit an application with the High Court to transfer the murder case, their lawyers said in their petition.
However, the prosecution opposed it saying that the defence submitted the petition only to hamper the trial proceedings of the case.
After hearing both sides, Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 fixed December 6 for hearing on the petition.
Earlier the tribunal recorded the depositions of 40 out of 60 prosecution witnesses including complainant of the case. The same tribunal on September 15 framed charges against the 25 accused in the sensational murder case.
Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of BUET, died after he was brutally beaten allegedly by some Chhatra League men at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university in the early hours of October 7, last year.
Of the 25 accused, 21have been arrested and remanded several times. During the investigation, eight of the accused gave confessional statements to magistrates on different dates. Fugitive Morshed Amatta Islam later surrendered to the court with bail plea while the court sent him to the jail rejecting his bail petition. Those who made confessions are Ifti Mosharraf Sakal, Meftahul Islam Jion, Anik Sarker, Mujahidur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Rabin, Khandaker Tabakharul Islam Tanveer, Maniruzzaman Manir and ASM Nahmus Sadat.
Three of the accused have been absconding since the incident took place.
On November 13, last year, detectives submitted a 105-page charge-sheet against 25 BUET student accused in the murder case.
