A Dhaka court today (January 08, 2023) granted bail to Amatullah Bushra, a 3rd year student of East West University, in the case over the death of her friend, Buet student Fardin Noor Parash. Judge Tahsin Iftekhar of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court-7 passed the order after hearing the bail petition. Earlier on January 5, the court set today's date for passing its order on the bail petition. Bushra has been languishing in jail for almost two months in the case, despite investigation agencies failing to find any evidence connecting her to her friend's death. Read more: DB to apprise court that Bushra has no link to Fardin’s death, says its chief On December 15 last year, Additional Commissioner (Detective Branch) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mohammad Harunur Rashid said they would give a report to the court that Bushra has no connection with the death of Fardin. Bushra was arrested from her Banasree home in Dhaka on November 10, 2022, soon after the recovery of Fardin’s body. She was sent to jail after expiry of her five-day remand on November 16. After a long 38-day investigation, the DB chief said on December 14 that Fardin roamed alone in different areas of Dhaka before he went missing. “Fardin was not murdered, he committed suicide by jumping into the river from Sultana Kamal Bridge On November 4 out of desperation,” he said. Read more: Fardin Noor Parash died by suicide: DB Fardin was a 3rd year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s civil engineering department and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj's Fatullah. Police recovered Fardin’s body from the Shitalakhkhya River, behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj, on November 7, three days after he went missing. Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was done, said there were several injury marks on Fardin’s head and body. Kazi Nuruddin Rana, Fardin’s father, filed a case in connection with his son’s killing with Rampura Police Station on the same day and the case was later transferred to Detective Branch (DB) Police. Read More: Fardin Noor: Home Minister puts faith in RAB, DB investigation

Police arrested Amatullah Bushra, friend of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash – whose body was recovered from Shitalakhkhya river on November 7 – from her Banasree home in Dhaka today (November 10, 2022). Police conducted a drive at Bushra’s house and arrested her in the morning, Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rampura Police Station, said. Earlier in the day, Kazi Nuruddin Rana, Fardin’s father, filed a case against Bushra and several unidentified people in connection with his son’s death with Rampura Police Station, said the OC. Also read: Injury marks on head, body of Buet student Fardin: Doctor who conducted autopsy Bushra is a 3rd year student of East West University. Police recovered Fardin's body from the Shitalakhkhya river, behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj, on November 7, three days after he went missing. On November 4, Fardin left home and did not return. He was also unreachable on the phone. Also read; Missing BUET student found dead after 3 days Later, Fardin’s father lodged a general diary with Rampura Police in this regard. Fardin was a 3rd-year student of Buet’s civil engineering department and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj's Fatullah. On Tuesday, Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was done, said there were several injury marks on Fardin’s head and body. Read More: Fardin’s death: Buet students demand justice from human chain Police have detained two friends of Fardin for interrogation, Maniruzzaman Moni, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj River Police, said. Fardin’s father on Tuesday said that his son was murdered and demanded justice. "I may not get my son back, but I want justice. It is not difficult to identify the culprits and killers by tracking his mobile phone location," he said after Fardin’s namaz-e-janaza at Buet Central Mosque, on Tuesday (November 08, 2022). Read More: Unidentified man found lying unconscious on Motijheel street dies at DMCH

The body of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash bears several injury marks, according to the doctor who conducted the autopsy this morning (November 08, 2022). “There are several injury marks on Fardin's head and body,” said Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was done. Maniruzzaman Moni, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj River Police, said police have detained two friends of Fardin for interrogation. They are also trying to find clues to and possible reasons behind Fardin's death, he said. Read: Missing BUET student found dead after 3 days Meanwhile, Fardin’s father Nuruddin Rana said that the family received a phone call on Monday (November 07, 2022), informing them of Fardin's dead body. Earlier on Monday, police found Fardin's body from the Shitalakshya river, three days after he went missing. Fardin was a 3rd-year student of civil engineering department of BUET and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj's Fatullah, said Maniruzzaman. On November 4, Fardin left home and did not return. He was also unreachable on phone. Read: Minor girl murdered after rape in Chattogram, accused arrested Later, his father lodged a general diary with Rampura Police in this regard. On Monday afternoon, the dead body was seen floating on the river just behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj. On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body, added the OC.