RU student found dead near dorm
A Rajshahi University student was found dead in a gutter of Nawab Abdul Latif Hall yesterday.
Police suspected that it was a murder.
The deceased, Motaleb Hossain Lipu, 22, was a second-year student of mass communication and journalism department. He was the son of Badar Uddin of Mukimpur village in Jhenidah's Harinakundu.
Amir Jafar, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, who visited the spot, said he found injury marks in the head, both hands and thighs of Lipu.
Blood was oozing from his left ear, he said, adding, “We consider it as a case of murder. It has been committed in cold blood."
Enamul Haque, physician of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) forensic department, who performed Lipu's autopsy, said the cause of his death was internal haemorrhage in his head.
He said there were fractures in his right part of the forehead, right part of head, and both ribs.
"He might have been hit in the head and thrown down from somewhere high above," said the physician.
RU Proctor Prof Mujibul Haque Azad said Rina Khatun, a staff of the hall, spotted the body of Lipu behind the dining room around 8:00am.
Students of the hall said Lipu had been staying at room-253 in the north block of Latif Hall for the last five months.
Lipu's roommate Monirul Islam, a second-year student of Botany department, said he last saw Lipu around 12:00 midnight. “Lipu asked me to study using a table lamp and then went to sleep."
Monirul said he went to sleep an hour later. He woke up early in the morning and found the door open. “I thought that he [Lipu] went out for jogging."
He heard the death news around 8:30am.
Rubel Rana, a second-year student of history department and also Lipu's next-door neighbour, said Lipu met him on Wednesday evening.
He said Lipu returned to the campus from his village home on Tuesday and was busy taking preparation for his upcoming exam.
“Lipu was a fun-loving youth," Rubel said.
Wishing not to be named, a student of the dormitory said he heard a "strange sound" outside his room around 3:00am. “I was frightened and did not open windows of my room to look outside."
Motihar Police picked up four people for interrogation.
Bashir Mollah, an uncle of Lipu, filed a murder case with the police station.
Lipu's namaz-e-janaza was held on the campus after Asar prayers.
His body was then sent to his village home.
A correspondent of RU contributed to the report.
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