Fardin’s death: Father bins cops’ claim of suicide
Rejecting the investigators' claim that Fardin Noor Parash died by suicide, the father of the deceased Buet student yesterday expressed sheer disbelief.
"I will file a no-confidence petition. My son didn't die by suicide," Kazi Nooruddin told reporters in front of the DB office in Dhaka.
"My son cannot kill himself. He was murdered in a planned way and all this drama was staged afterwards."
Showing two photos of Fardin's body from after it was recovered, he said they suggest there was no water in his stomach.
"If anyone drowns, there is water in their stomach. This suggests Fardin was murdered," he said.
Mashiur Rahman, Narayanganj civil surgeon, also said there was not as much water in the lungs as is supposed to be in those of a person who drowned.
"Primarily, it appeared to be a death caused by injury that he may have sustained from falling from a high place or other causes," he said, declining to elaborate.
After over a month of investigation, the Detective Branch of police and the Rab on Wednesday said Fardin died by suicide after jumping off a bridge into the Shitalakkhya river, where his body was found.
Frustrated with the findings, Nooruddin said his son had grown up facing financial struggle and thus, had the ability to cope with all sorts of situation.
"Why would he kill himself," Nooruddin asked, adding that Fardin even went to the salon before heading to the Buet campus the day he died.
"I saw my son's body; there were injury marks on his head," Nooruddin said showing photos of Fardin.
"If need be, walk me to Sultana Kamal Bridge, I will jump off there. Maybe then you will realise how much it hurts," he told reporters.
He alleged that false information is being spread since the beginning of the incident to cover up this "planned killing".
He also expressed anger over the Buet administration, alleging they didn't bother to visit and console his family.
A group of Buet students, who went to the DB to get updated details about the death of their peer, said there are some gaps and ambiguities. Those need to be clear.
They added that the DB officials could not show any solid or concrete evidence that Fardin indeed died by suicide.
The officials themselves said they were not 100 percent sure about the suicide, the students told reporters.
Citing an example, the students said the driver of the human haulier that dropped Fardin near a bridge on the night he disappeared told investigators there was someone with him that night.
"Who that person was is still not clear."
Fardin, a third-year student of the civil engineering department of Buet, was found dead in the Shitalakkhya river in Banani Ghat area on November 7.
His father filed a case accusing Amatullah Bushra, the victim's friend, with Rampura Police Station on November 10.
DB FIRM ON ITS FINDINGS
Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, head of DMP's Detective Branch, said they have shown evidence of Fardin's suicide to Buet students and that they were satisfied.
He said Fardin spoke to 522 numbers over the phone in two years and they enquired everyone.
Harun said Fardin had talked about his depression with his friends.
"Reviewing his words with his friends, it seems Fardin was suffering from depression. Moreover, there was no sign of injury on his body, no sign of assault. His mobile and money were in his pocket, his watch was on his hand. Nothing was lost. Forty students of Buet also agreed after seeing these signs."
'BUSHRA NOT INVOLVED'
The DB chief also said they did not find any involvement of Amatullah Bushra in Fardin's death.
She was arrested by Rampura police on November 10, three days after Fardin's body was recovered from the Shitalakkhya river.
"We did not find Bushra's involvement in the incident ... We will let the court know about this matter," said the DB chief.
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