Court asks for probe report against rape-murder accused Dihan on Feb 11

A Dhaka court has fixed February 11 for submission of probe report against Iftekhar Fardin Dihan, the lone accused in a case filed over the rape and murder of an 'O' level student of Mastermind School in Dhaka's Kalabagan area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Begum Yeasmin Ara postponed the date of submission as the investigation officer of police AFM Asaduzzaman was unable to submit the report on January 26.

Earlier on January 13, a Dhaka court permitted police to conduct a drug test on Dihan, in the case.

On January 9, law enforcers released three youths after interrogation over the matter. The victim was “sexually assaulted” and “killed” on January 7 in Kalabagan.

Police arrested her alleged boyfriend Dihan and three of his friends.

The victim had gone to a friend’s house in Kalabagan for group study, family sources said.

Her father filed a case against Dihan on January 7, accusing him of sexually assaulting and then murdering her.

Later, Dihan, who is alleged to have raped and killed her at his family flat in Kalabagan, gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court.

Later, the court fixed January 26 for the next hearing.

Meanwhile, doctors performing the autopsy on the victim found evidence of rape.

After completing the autopsy, Dr Sohail Mahmud, head of the forensic department at Dhaka Medical College, said she died due to excessive bleeding in her vaginal and anal areas.

Samples were also collected for DNA profiling and to determine whether any anesthetic drug was administered to her.

Dr Sohail added that the exact cause of death could only be confirmed once the autopsy report is out.

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