Police on Tuesday interrogated three people for their suspected involvement in the murder of a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust).
“On the basis of a case filed by the university, we have interrogated three suspects for our preliminary investigation,” said Jalalabad police station Officer-In-Charge Nazmul Huda Khan.
Sust Register Mohd Ishfaqul Hussain filed a case with Jalalabad police station on Monday night, Sylhet Metropolitan Police Commissioner Nisharul Arif confirmed.
He also said that police investigation revealed that the attacker was a mugger.
Bulbul Ahmed, a third-year student of the Public Administration Department, was stabbed to death by a mugger on campus.
The incident took place near Gazikalur Tila area inside the campus on Monday.
According to sources, Bulbul was a member of Sust unit BCL.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, sust students blocked the Dhaka-Sunamganj road, protesting the incident.
Several students and Sust unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) also held meetings and staged demonstrations on campus the day Bulbul was killed.