Seven years have passed since the gruesome murder of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, yet there is no visible progress in the investigation.
However, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Inspector Mojibur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the much-talked case, claimed that the investigation was going on in normal process.
"There is some progress, but it can't be revealed in the media right now," he said.
After the transfer of the case to the PBI, with the advice of the senior officials, Tonu's family members, school teachers and others already testified after visiting the scene of the murder, said the PBI officier.
On the contrary, Tonu's mother Anwara Begum claimed that none from the investigating agency had contacted them recently.
“There has been no progress except for the change in investigation officer,” she told Dhaka Tribune.
Other members of the family expressed doubts about whether the investigation would ever end.
“Autopsies were conducted on her body twice, but the investigators could not resolve the mystery behind her death. I demand that the trial in the case be concluded before my death,” Anwara said.
Teachers and students of the college on Monday arranged a doa mahfil for the eternal peace of Tonu, a promising theatre activist.
They also demanded quick completion of the investigation and a fair trial.
Tonu went missing on March 20, 2016, after she left home for tutoring at a house inside Comilla Cantonment. Her body was later found abandoned in a bush.
The next day, Tonu's father filed a murder case against unknown assailants at Kotwali model police station.
Since September 2020, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has been dealing with the sensational case.
Previously, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Detective Branch (DB) of police and Kotwali police probed the case.
In May 2017, the CID informed the media of finding the semen of three men, who reportedly raped her before the murder, but the progress of the probe was not disclosed.
In October of the same year, the three people suspected by Tonu's mother were interrogated in Dhaka.
