Abrar murder
Abrar murder: Muzahid confesses his part
Dhaka, Oct 13 (UNB) – Expelled Chhatra League member Muzahidur Rahman Muzahid reportedly confessed before a court here on Sunday his involvement in the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.
Dhaka voices displeasure over UN comment on Abrar murder
Dhaka, Oct 13 (UNB) – Bangladesh on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction regarding the UN statement on the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad which the government sees as an internal matter of Bangladesh.
How brilliant boy Shamim changed his role as gentleman “killer”!
Satkhira, Oct 13 (UNB) – Shamim Billah, an accused in the Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case, was known in the locality as a brilliant, polite and gentleman. He used to remain so bogged down in his study during his school and college life that he had hardly been able to join any sports event.
But this humble boy got involved with the politics of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) after enrolling for the honours course at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet). His association with the student politics and alleged involvement in the Abrar murder has taken the family as well as locals by surprise.
Abrar, 21, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering department of Buet, was beaten to death reportedly by BCL leaders Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university. He was found dead on the staircase of the dormitory in the early hours of October 7 after he was taken to room-2011 around 8pm on October 6.
Victim’s father Barkatullah filed a case with Chawkbazar Police Station against 19 people, including Shamim, over the murder.
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Shamim from Khanpur in Shyamnagar upazila of the district on Friday and took him to Dhaka.
Devastated by his arrest, his mother Salima Khatun fainted repeatedly.
Shamim, son of bus driver Aminur Rahman Bablu of Ichhakur village in the upazila, obtained GPA-5 in both Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School (HSC) examinations before enrolling in marine engineering department at Buet, said Bhurulia union parishad member Sabur Kagoji.
He said Shamim is the eldest among two siblings. His sister, Sharmin Akhter, is a Class-XI student of Shyanmangar Govt Mohsin Degree College.
Their father is a driver of ‘Rozina Paribahan’ which operates buses on Dhaka-Kaliganj route, Sabur said.
He said Shamim used to maintain the expenses of his education providing tuition in Dhaka as the financial condition of his family is not good. He reportedly bought a motorcycle at Tk 2.5 lakh last week.
Although no one of his family is involved in politics, Shamim, a second-year student, got engaged in student politics at Buet, he said.
His grandfather, Atiar Rahman Sardar, claimed that Shamim was called by the BCL seniors to room-2011 of Sher-e-Bangla Hall while they were beating Abrar. “Shamim didn’t beat him. He was only seen carrying the body.”
He also said they want that the real culprits to be punished and the innocent not gets victimised.
Buet students postpone protests for 2 days
Dhaka, Oct 12 (UNB) – Students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) on Saturday postponed their protests for Sunday and Monday to facilitate the entry test of the university billed for Monday.
Abrar’s brother afraid of going back to Dhaka
Kushtia, Oct 12 (UNB) – After the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, his younger brother Abrar Fayaz is now afraid of going back to college in Dhaka for studies.
Another Abrar murder accused held in city
Dhaka, Oct 12 (UNB)- Detectives on Saturday arrested another FIR-listed accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case from Uttara sector 14 in the capital.
Abrar killing: Another accused arrested in Satkhira
Dhaka, Oct 11 (UNB) – Police’s Detective Branch on Friday afternoon arrested another accused in Abrar murder case from Isapur village of Shyamnagar upazila.
Abrar murder: Buet bans organisational student politics
Dhaka, Oct 11 (UNB) – Bangladesh’s apex engineering university Buet banned organisational student politics on its campus on Friday, three days after second-year student Abrar Fahad was beaten to death at a residential hall.
Abrar murder: Another FIR-listed accused held
Dhaka, Oct 11 (UNB) – Detectives in a drive arrested an FIR-listed accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case from Shah Kiron area in Sylhet city early Friday.
Don’t want to lose another son: Abrar’s mother
Kushtia, Oct 10 (UNB) – The horrific murder of Buet student Abrar stunned the country, yet in the midst of unspeakable misery, his mother is now forced to worry over the fate of her younger, now only surviving son.
At the family’s Kushtia residence Thursday evening, Abrar’s mother Rokeya Begum told UNB: “I’ve already lost one son; I don’t want to lose another son.”