The High Court on Monday resumed hearings on the death references and appeals in the 2019 murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad.

The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain began the hearing.

Deputy Attorney General Jasim Sarkar represented the state and presented the case documents.

Earlier, the first day of hearing in the case was held on November 28.

Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) department of the BUET, was beaten to death by activists of Chhatra League, at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall on 6 October in 2019.

On the following day, the victim’s father filed a murder case against 19 Chhatra League members with Chawkbazar police station then a massive outrage sparked across the country centring the issue.

On November 13 of the same year, police submitted chargesheet while a Dhaka court framed charges against the accused on December 8 in 2021.

A Dhaka court on December 8, 2021, sentenced 20 BUET students to death and five to life terms in jail for their involvement in the murder.

The death row convicts were- Mehedi Hassan Rasel, Anik Sarker, Mehedi Hassan Robin, Ifty Mosharaf Sakal, Moniruzzaman Monir, Meftahul Islam Jiyon, Majedur Rahman, Muzahidur Rahman, Tabakhairul Islam Tanvir, Hossen Mohammad Toha, Shamim Billah, Nazmus Shadat, Muntasir Al Jemi, Mizanur Rahman, Mahmud Setu, Shamsul Arifin Rafat, Morshed Omorto Islam, Ehtesamul Rabbi, Morshed Uzzaman Jishan and Mujtaba Rafeed

The lifers were- Muhtasim Fuyad, Akash Hossain, Mowaz Abu Horaira, Omit Shaha and Istiaq Hassan Munna.