Arrest warrant against 4 fugitive accused

A Dhaka court today accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused in connection with the killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad.

The court also issued an arrest warrant against four fugitive accused as they were shown absconded in the charge sheet submitted by the investigation officer.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaiserrul Islam passed the order after scrutinizing the case docket and other relevant documents.

The court fixed December 3 for the submission of reports on the execution on the arrest warrant. 

Abrar, a second-year student of Buet’s electrical and electronic engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, was beaten to death by a group of BCL men at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall early October 7.

On November 13, Inspector Mohammad Wahiduzaman of Detective Branch, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka.

17 of the 25 accuesd were members of the Buet BCL unit. Most of them have been expelled by the pro-Awami League student body.

Meanwhile, Buet suspended 19 of the accused.

According to investigators, eleven of the them directly took part in the killing as they either hit Abrar with cricket stumps, skipping rope or slapped him for hours, leading to his death.

The 14 others abetted the killing either by instigating it or calling Abrar to the room where he was tortured or by carrying the unconscious victim to another room and finally to the staircase landing, they added.

Of the 25 charge-sheeted accused, 21 have been arrested and four are on the run.