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Two more testify in Abrar murder case

Staff Reporter
08 Oct 2020 15:07:31 | Update: 08 Oct 2020 15:07:31
Two more testify in Abrar murder case

Two more people testified on Thursday in the case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad murder who was beaten to death by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men.

The persons testified today are – recording official and police officer Sohrab Hossain and canteen boy Zahid Hossain Johnny of BUET’s Sher-e-Bangla Residential Hall.

The court of Abu Jafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman, judge of the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, recorded their statements. The court also fixed Sunday (October 11th) as the date for the next testimony.

Four of the 60 witnesses in the case have testified so far.

Earlier, Barkat Ullah, the victim’s father and also the plaintiff of the case, and prosecution witness SI Delwar Hossain testified in the court of Judge Abu Zafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal.

A second-year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of BUET, Abrar Fahad’s body was recovered from the corridor between the ground-floor and second-floor stairs of Sher-e-Bangla Hall of BUET on October 7, 2019

The next day at noon, the autopsy of Abrar was completed at the Dhaka Medical College (DMC) Hospital morgue.

The victim’s father Barkat Ullah filed a murder case with Chawkbazar police station.

Twenty-two of the accused – now in jail – were produced before the tribunal during today’s hearing.

Three others have been absconding since the case was filed.

On September 15, Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Abu Zafar Kamruzzaman framed charges against the accused.

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