‘I told BCL leaders he is involved with Jamaat’

Khondaker Tabakkharul Islam Tanvir, one of the accused in the Abrar Fahad murder case, confessed to a magistrate yesterday that he was present at the meeting where the murder plan was prepared.

Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury recorded the confessional statement of Tanvir after Detective Branch Inspector Md Wahiduzzaman, also the investigation officer produced him at his chamber.

In his statement, Tanvir told the magistrate that he checked Abrar’s laptop and his mobile messages and found some information about Jamaat-Shibir on the day of the incident. Then he told the other offenders this information.

This led to the assailants beating Abrar to death, Tanvir said in his confessional statement   

After recording his statement, the magistrate ordered to send Tanvir to Keraniganj Central Jail.

Meanwhile, two other accused -- Amit Saha and Shamsul Arefin Rafat -- were sent to jail yesterday on expiry of their three-day remand in the case.

Abrar, a second-year student of Buet’s electrical and electronic engineering department, was beaten to death by a group of BCL men at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall on early October 7.

Later, his father filed a murder case against 19 Buet students, mostly BCL leaders of the Buet unit, and several other unnamed accused with Chawkbazar police station.

Detectives have already arrested 20 people, including 16 FIR-named accused, in connection with the murder. Six of the accused have already given confessional statements.