Abrar Murder: Accused sent to jail after surrender

A Dhaka court yesterday sent one of the four absconding accused in Buet student Abrar Fahad killing case to jail after he surrendered before a court, seeking bail.

Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara sent Morshed Amartya Islam to jail after rejecting his bail petition.

Morshed, an expelled student of mechanical engineering (batch 17), surrendered to the court around 12:30pm and prayed for his bail in the case.

He was a former member of BCL’s Buet unit.

With him, a total of 22 accused in the case are now in jail.

On January 5, another Dhaka court directed police to publish an advertisement in two national dailies, asking Morshed and three other accused in the case who have been on the run, to appear before the court by today.

The other absconding accused are: Buet BCL deputy office secretary Mustafa Rafid and members Morsheduzzaman Jishan and Ehtashamul Rabbi Tanim -- all expelled.

Before the order, the same court on December 3 last year issued arrest warrants against them as the investigation officer showed them as fugitives in the charge sheet.

On November 13 last year, DB Inspector and investigation officer of the case, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, submitted a charge sheet against 25 accused including the four fugitives.  

On October 7, Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronics engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, was beaten to death by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall in Dhaka.

The murder triggered a firestorm of protests on campuses across the country. Many took to social media to demand justice for Abrar.