Abrar Fahad Murder: Charges framed against 25 accused

A Dhaka court has begun the trial of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case by framing charges against 25 fellow students accused in the gruesome killing.

Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 1 Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman framed the charges in the case on Tuesday.

The court also fixed September 20 to October 1 for recording deposition of witnesses in the case.

Of the accused, 22 are now in jail and have pleaded not guilty after the court read out the charges against them during the indictment.

The fugitive accused are Morsheduzzaman Jisan, Ehteshamul Rabbi Tanim and Muztaba Rafid.

The accused include Bangladesh Chhatra League's Buet unit's suspended general secretary Mehedi Hasan Rasel, Muhtasim Fuad, ASM Nazmus Sadat, Morshed Amartya Islam, and SM Mahmud Setu. All of them are students of the university.

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Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), died after he was brutally beaten by some Chhatra League men at Sher-e-Bangla hall of the university in the early hours of October 7 last year.

The victim’s father Barkatullah filed a case with Chawkbazar Police Station in Dhaka against 19 students of BUET after the murder.

The killing triggered a firestorm of protests on campuses across the country. Amid the protests, Buet authorities on October 11 banned all political activities on the campus and suspended 19 students accused in the Abrar killing case.

On November 13 last year, the Detective Branch of police submitted a charge sheet against 25 Buet students in the case. Of them, 22 accused are now in jail and three have been absconding since the incident took place.