Buet student found dead after BCL men’s grilling

A student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology was found dead after Bangladesh Chhatra League men allegedly questioned him suspecting his involvement with Shibir.

The deceased was identified as Abrar Fahad, a second-year student at electrical and electronic engineering department of Buet.

Police recovered Abrar’s body from the front of Sher-e-Bangla hall after hall authorities informed them the matter, Deputy Commissioner of Lalbagh Police Station Kamal Hossain was quoted as saying.

“Students of the hall called me around 3:00am. I went to the hall and saw the body near the stairs. By then, he was dead. There were injury marks all over his body,” Buet’s physician Dr Mashuk Elahi told reporters.

Ashikul Islam Bitu, assistant secretary of Chhatra League (Buet unit), said that “Abrar was called from room no 2011 of the hall at 8:00pm yesterday on suspicion that he was a Shibir activist. We checked his Facebook and messenger and found evidence that he follows and likes some controversial pages. Evidence of his association with Shibir was also found,”.

“He was questioned by BCL deputy office secretary (Buet unit), also a third-year student of chemical engineering department Mujtaba Rafid; they part’s deputy social secretary Iftee Mosharraf Shokal and deputy law secretary Amit Shaha,” Bitu said.

After getting some proof of his involvement with Shibir, some students of fourth year were asked to come to the room, the BCL man added.

BCL sports secretary (Buet unit) Meftahul Islam Zion; information and research secretary Anik Sharkar came to the spot, Bitu further said.

“At one stage, I left the room. Maybe, they beat him up after that. Later around 3:00am, I heard Abrar died,” Bitu was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile students of the hall, unwilling to be named, alleged that Abrar was beaten to death by a cricket stump by BCL men after he was grilled on suspicion of Shibir involvement.