A court on Monday sent the husband of a Jahangirnagar University student to jail in connection with her killing in Savar and fixed March 24 for the hearing on a five-day remand plea.
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Ayesha Siddika passed the order after a hearing, said SI Biswajit Debnath of the prosecution wing of Dhaka District Police.
The accused, Fahim Al Hasan, 22, was produced before the court with a request for a five-day remand.
Officer-in-Charge Rubel Howlader of Ashulia Police Station said the remand hearing could not take place as the investigation officer was not present in court. The court later fixed March 24 for the hearing.
According to the remand petition, Fahim was arrested from the Islamnagar area the same night while he was in hiding after the incident. Police said he provided important information during initial questioning, but further interrogation is needed to uncover the motive behind the killing and to identify any accomplices.
Sharmin was a fourth-year student of the Public Administration department at Jahangirnagar University. She was the daughter of Shahjahan Molla of Tetoiya village in Kachua upazila of Chandpur.
The accused, Fahim, 22, is a fourth-year Economics student at Dhaka College and the son of Hanif Sarker of Khairul village in Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla.
According to the case statement, Sharmin and Fahim married on June 24 last year following a romantic relationship and later informed their families. In September, the couple rented a house in the Islamnagar area near Jahangirnagar University.
According to the complaint, around 4:45pm on March 15 Fahim called Sharmin’s uncle Monirul Islam and said she had fallen seriously ill. When Monirul went to the house, he found Sharmin lying on a bed in a bloodstained condition.
She was taken to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar where doctors declared her dead.
The inquest report mentioned deep cut injuries on the right side of her forehead and on the head. The case alleges that Fahim, with the help of unidentified accomplices, planned and carried out the killing using a sharp weapon.