Abrar Murder: Hearing on charge framing Feb 17

A Dhaka court yesterday fixed February 17 for hearing on charge framing against 25 Buet students in Abrar Fahad murder case.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka set the date.

The case will be transferred to Speedy Trial Tribunal for quick disposal. That’s why there are some formalities to follow, court sources said quoting the judge.

If the government issues a gazette at the end of the formalities, there will be a transfer order for the case, it added.

During yesterday’s hearing, 22 of the accused were produced before the court.

Three accused -- Mustaba Rafid, Muhammad Morshed-Uz-Zaman Mondol alias Jishan and Ehtashamul Rabbi Tanim -- are still on the run.

On October 7 last year, Abrar, a second-year student of Buet, was beaten to death by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League men at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall in Dhaka.

Abrar’s father filed a murder case with Chawkbazar Police Station in this regard.

Earlier, eight of the accused made confessional statements before magistrates.