Abrar Killing Case Transferred to Speedy Trial Tribunal

The Government has decided today to shift the shocking murder case of Abrar Fahad to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka from the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1.

Law Minister Anisul Huq approved a file in this regard this afternoon.

On October 7, Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronics 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.

The murder sparked a series of protests at campuses across the country. Many have taken to social media to seek justice for Abrar.

On October 7, Abrar’s father Barkatullah filed a murder case against 19 BUET students with Chawkbazar Police Station. All are among the charge-sheeted accused.

Eight of the accused made confessional statements before magistrates narrating the horrifying torture. Sixty people are prosecution witnesses in the case.