Abrar Murder: Buet students vow to keep boycotting classes, tests
Says unive not doing enough to meet their demands
Buet students demanding justice for Abrar Fahad yesterday vowed not to return to classes or sit for exams until the authorities met their 10-point demand.
The students came up with the announcement at a press conference held in front of Buet Shaheed Minar.
The protesting students alleged that although the Buet authorities formed a probe body 10 days after Abrar’s murder, there was no visible progress in the investigation.
Only two of their demands have so far been met, the students said.
“No one from the Buet authorities has contacted Abrar’s family regarding compensation and bearing expenses of the case, though they had issued a notice stating that they would do so,” said a spokesperson of the protesters.
“Had the Buet administration wanted, they could have easily met our demands in the last 13 days since some protest programmes were called off,” the statement read.
The protesters threatened tough movement in coming days if the authorities failed to implement their demands.
Antora Tithi, a batch-15 student of Mechanical engineering department said, “We know that we are lagging behind academically, but we cannot wait for someone from us to face the same fate of Abrar.
“Let the administrative activities continue, we will not cooperate in academic activities,” she added.
Contacted, Buet Directorate of Students’ Welfare Prof Mizanur Rahman said, the investigation into the incident is going on and they are hoping to get the probe report by next week.
“The probe committee has sought for 10 more days to submit the report and the request was approved,” he said.
Asked about the allegation of not contacting Abrar’s family, he said they were trying to “find a proper way” to contact the family.
The agitating students on October 15, called off their protests that started on the day Abrar was killed, but declared they will not return to classes and exams until the authorities expel those involved in the killing on the basis of the charge sheet submitted by the law enforcers.
Abrar, a second-year students of Electrical and Electronic Engineering department, was beaten to death by a group of Chattra League men at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall between the night of October 6 and early hours of October 7.