A court in Chittagong yesterday placed Chittagong University (CU) teacher Anwar Hossain Chowdhury on a two-day remand in connection with the murder case of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central leader Diaz Irfan Chowdury.

The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Shiplu Kumar Day passed the order after hearing the remand prayer submitted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said Chittagong Court Inspector (acting) Swapan Kumar.

Earlier, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jasim Uddin of Chittagong Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sought a five-day remand for the teacher -- assistant professor of sociology department and a former assistant proctor -- after he surrendered before a court of Chittagong in the murder case.

Anwar was earlier granted ad-interim bail for six weeks by the High Court which was non extendable, said the court sources.

The HC also instructed him to surrender before the trial court. On December 18, Anwar surrendered before the Chittagong court and sought bail. But the court sent him to jail, said the court sources.   

Anwar Hossain is the first person who has been placed on remand in the case, court sources added.

Advocate Jubaida Sarwar Nipa, elder sister of Diaz, told The Daily Star: “According to the CU law, the teacher should be suspended from the university, but the university administration is yet to take any such measure against him.”

“We will send a legal notice to the authority if they do not take necessary measure to suspend the arrested teacher by Sunday,” she added.

Despite repeated attempts, the university Vice Chancellor Professor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury and Registrar Professor Kamrul Huda could not be contacted for comments.

Meanwhile, a faction of BCL formed a human chain at the Bangabandhu Chattar on the campus demanding withdrawal of the case and immediate release of former assistant proctor Anwar.

On November 20, 2016, the body of Diaz, central assistant secretary of the BCL, was found hanging from the ceiling at his room near the campus.

Diaz's mother filed the murder case on November 24 with a Chittagong court against around 20 people, including the then CU assistant proctor Anwar Hossain and the then president of BCL CU unit Mohammad Alamgir Tipu.