He had been threatened with death
Seven months before his death, Himu was threatened with death by Tipu and Shaju for trying to stop Shaju from taking drugs in the locality, stated Himu's father before a Chittagong court yesterday.
A general diary was filed with Panchlaish Police Station in this connection on October 20, 2011, Prabir Majumder added while testifying before Judge Reza Tareque Ahmed of Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal.
The cross-examination of the ninth prosecution witness began yesterday and the court adjourned it till today, informed court sources.
An A level student of Summerfield School and College in Chittagong city, Himadri Majumder Himu, 18, was beaten up brutally and pushed off the fourth floor of Farhad Mansion in Panchlaish residential area on April 27, 2012.
He succumbed to his wounds at the capital's Square Hospital on May 23, 2012.
The next day, a murder case was filed with the police station accusing five persons -- Shah Selim Tipu, his son Junaid Ahmed Riad and Riad's friends Shahadat Hossain Shaju, Zahedul Islam Shawon and Mahboob Ali Khan Danny.
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