A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan in a case filed over the rape and  murder of an O-level student in Kalabagan area of the city. Dhaka Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 Judge AM Zulficker Hayat framed the charge against Dihan in the case. Read: O-level student murder after 'rape’: Court asks police to submit report by Apr 7 The court also fixed March 16 for the next hearing in the case. On January 7, 2021, law enforcers recovered the body of the 17-year-old girl from a city hospital and arrested her boyfriend Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, 18 and three others in this connection. A case was filed over the death of the girl, who was “sexually assaulted” and “killed”. Later, the victim’s father filed the case against Dihan on the night of the incident. On January 9, law enforcers released three youths after interrogation over the matter. The victim had gone to a friend’s house in Kalabagan for group study, sources at her family said. Read: O-level student ‘rape, murder’: Court permits drug test on Dihan Dihan, who is believed to have raped and killed her at his family flat in Kalabagan area, gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid recorded the statement and sent him to jail pending hearing. Meanwhile, doctors found the evidence of rape after autopsy on the victim.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred to November 21 the submission date of the probe report in a case filed against Bashundhara Group MD Sayem Sobhan Anvir and seven others over the rape and murder of college student Mosarat Jahan Munia. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara refixed the date as investigating officer (IO) of the case Golam Muktar Ashraf Uddin, also an inspector of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), failed to submit the report on the day, said Saifur Rahman, general registration officer (Women-Children) of Gulshan Police Station. Read: Munia Murder Case: IO summoned Sunday to explain inaction On April 26, police recovered the body of the 21-year-old college student hanging from a ceiling fan of her bedroom in a Gulshan flat. Munia's elder sister, Nusrat Jahan Tania, filed a case against Anvir that night accusing him of incitement to suicide. According to Tania, her sister, Munia, was in a relationship with Anvir who regularly visited her at the Gulshan apartment. On July 19, the investigating officer of the case Abul Hasan, also the officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, submitted a final report to the court giving a clean chit to Anvir. On September 6, Munia's sister Tania filed a rape and murder case against the Bashundhara Group MD and seven others with Dhaka's 8th Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children's Repression. Read:HC rejects Bashundhara MD’s anticipatory bail plea over Munia death case The court, after recording the complaint, directed the PBI to submit a report on it. The seven other accused in the case are: Bashundhara Group's Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam, Shah Alam's wife Afroza Begum; Anvir's wife Sabrina Sayem; Faria Mahbub Piyasha; Saifa Rahman Mim; landlord of the flat where the victim was staying, Ibrahim Ahmed Ripon and his wife Sharmim Akhter.

A 21-year-old youth, who allegedly raped and murdered a child, was killed in a gunfight with police in Godagari upazila on Thursday night. A mobile phone stolen from the girl's house on the night of the crime was also found on Shamim, police said on Friday. Read: 999 call: 2 arrested after woman raped on truck Additional superintendent of district police, Iftekhar Alam, said, that some miscreants opened fire at a police team during a raid in Lalitnagar on Thursday night.  The cops retaliated and Shamim sustained bullet wounds in the crossfire. "He was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival," he said. Read:Rape case against 4 children: suspension order of 7 police stayed On the night of June 19, the child went to sleep alone in her room at her family home in Lalitnagar. The next morning, her parents found her lifeless body lying under a haystack. "We have been tracking the local criminals since the horrific crime, and the recovered mobile confirmed Shamim's involvement in the rape and murder," said Iftekhar.

Nari O Shishu Odhikar Forum, a platform of BNP, on Thursday evening demanded justice for Mastermind School student Anushka Nur Amin, who recently died allegedly after rape in the city’s Dhanmondi area, by lighting more than a hundred candles.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday permitted police to conduct a drug test on Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, the lone accused in a case filed over the rape and alleged murder of an O-level student in Kalabagan area of the city.

Law enforcement has released three youths – detained for questioning over the death of an O-level student who was “raped” by her “boyfriend.”

Doctors performing the autopsy of Anushka Noor Amin, the 17-year-old student of a private school  who was "brought dead" to the Anwer Khan Medical Hospital on Thursday afternoon, found evidence of rape on the victim's body.

Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, the alleged boyfriend of an ‘O’ level student who was allegedly raped and killed in Kalabagan on Thursday, confessed to his crimes before a Dhaka court on Friday.

 A case has been filed over the death of an O-level student who was “sexually assaulted” and “killed” on Thursday in the capital’s Kalabagan.

An O-level student was “sexually assaulted” and “killed” on Thursday in the capital’s Kalabagan.