A Dhaka court has set April 11 for submitting probe report in a case lodged over rape and subsequently murder of a student of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khayer Jessy passed the order as the investigation officer failed to submit the report on Wednesday.
According to the case documents, victim’s friend Mortuja Raihan on January 28 took the victim to Bamboo Shot Restaurant in Uttara Sector-3, where their other friends including Farjana Zaman Neha were already present and made her to drink excessive alcohol.
At one stage, the victim fell sick and Mortuja took her to their friend Tasfir’s house. There Mortuja raped her. Next day they took her to Ibn Sina Hospital and later Anwar Khan Modern Hospital, where she died tow-day later.
On January 31, the victim’s father filed the case with Mohammadpur Police Station against four. An unidentified person was also made accused in the case. Police arrested accused Mortuja Raihan Chowdhury and Nuhat Alam Tafsir on that very day and they were placed on five-day remand.
Another court on February 5 had placed accused Neha on five-day remand. Police arrested Neha from a house in the capital’s Azimpur area on February 4.
