The Speedy Trial Tribunal 4 yesterday recorded the deposition of Jahangirnagar University teacher Prof Dr SM Badiur Rahman in Zubair Ahmed killing case.
Judge ABM Nizamul Haque recorded his testimony and cross-examination.
The tribunal 4 also fixed March 12 for the next witness. There are 37 prosecution witnesses in the case filed by the university administration.
A teacher of biochemistry and molecular biology department, Prof Badiur is the 13th prosecution witness in the case. He was a member of the probe body that investigated the killing and held all the 13 accused – activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s JU unit – responsible for the murder.
Honours final year student of English department and former Chhatra League activist Zubair was beaten and hacked severely on the campus on January 8, 2012 by the accused and their accomplices, who are members of a rival faction. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital the next morning.
In his deposition, the witness said: “We formed an investigation committee. According to the committee report, the university administration took legal action against the accused.”
Humayun Kabir, then sub-inspector of Gulshan police station, who conducted the inquest report of the victim, gave deposition on February 23 as the 12th prosecution witness.
All the accused are currently on bail. However, on February 23, four of the accused flee from the dock after the bail had been cancelled. Two other accused have been absent from their court appearance since January 23.
Soon after the death, the university authorities filed the murder case with Ashulia police. The Syndicate on January 30, 2012 expelled seven of the accused activists of Chhatra League and suspended six others for two years as their direct involvement in the killing was proved in the preliminary investigation conducted by the administration.
On April 8, 2012, police submitted the charge sheet accusing 13 students.