Fardin’s Death: Court Asks CID to Submit Probe Report by Oct 1

A Dhaka court has once more ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to provide the investigation's findings in a case concerning the death of Buet student Fardin Noor Parash in November of last year by October 1.

After the CID failed to turn in a report on an investigation by today, Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Ali Haider issued a fresh deadline.

After Fardin's father filed a no-confidence petition against the DB report exonerating Amatullah Bushra, an accused party in the case, of murder accusations, a different Dhaka court ordered more inquiry into the matter on April 16.

The victim's father Kazi Nooruddin, who is also the case's complainant, requested more inquiry in the appeal, claiming the investigation officer did not thoroughly investigate the issue.

He also accused the IO of being biased in favour of the accused in the final report.

Bushra, who was granted bail on January 8, was absent today by submitting a petition through her lawyer.

Fardin, a third-year student of civil engineering, was found dead in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj on November 7 last year, three days after he went missing.

Detective Branch Inspector Yasin Shikder, also the investigation officer of the case, on February 6 submitted the final report to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

In the report, the IO said Fardin died by suicide, which Fardin's father said was impossible.

Rampura police arrested Bushra from her Banasree house in the capital on November 10 last year after Fardin's father filed a murder case with Rampura Police Station.

After her five-day remand was up, her bail plea was denied, and she was sent to jail on November 16.

The DB and Rab announced on December 11 that Fardin committed suicide by jumping from a bridge into a river after more than a month of inquiry.

Bushra's role in the event was not discovered, according to DB head Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, who stated this the next day.

Exactly two months after her detention, Bushra was released from the Kashimpur Women's Central Jail on January 10 of this year.