A Sylhet court has completed the recording of statements of the witnesses in a case filed over the attack on renowned writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal on Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) campus in 2018.
Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal Judge Nurul Amin recorded the statement of the last witness, Dr MA Mamun, a physician of MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, on Thursday.
The court has recorded the statements of 35 witnesses so far and fixed March 21 for the next hearing, according to public prosecutor Muminur Rahman Titu.
On March 3, 2018, a youth named Faizul swooped on Prof Zafar Iqbal and stabbed him with a knife at the Sust Mukta Mancha during a celebration program, “Robofight”, of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) Department.
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The case was filed by the university registrar with Jalalabad police station the following day.
On March 8, a court placed Faizul on a 10-day remand. Later, Faizul gave a confessional statement before the court.
On July 26, police pressed charges against six people, including Faizul and Atiqur, in connection with the attack.
On October 4, 2018, the trial in the case began after the court framed charges against the accused.
The other accused are Faizul's mother Minara Begum, brother Enamul Hasan, maternal uncle Md Fazlul Haque and friend Sohagh Miah.