A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against four fugitive accused in connection with a case filed over the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad.

The fugitives are: Zisan, Tanim, Morshed, and Mujtaba. The court has directed the police station concerned to submit the report on execution of the arrest within Dec 3.

The court also accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused as the investigation officer Wahiduzzaman showed them absconding in the charge sheet.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Kaiserul Islam passed the order on Monday (Nov 18).

On Nov 13, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) charged 25 BUET students for Abrar murder.

Among the accused, 11 were directly involved in beating Abrar in several phases to death. The other 14 were indirectly involved in the incident, either by aiding, abetting or planning Abrar’s torture, and one of them was present at the place of occurrence.

The 21 other accused are behind bars. Eight of them have already confessed in court to their involvement in the murder — which had shocked the nation and sparked countrywide protests.

Abrar, 22, was found dead on a staircase of BUET’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall in the early hours of Oct 7, after he was taken to the dormitory’s Room No 2011 around 8 pm on October 6 and beaten mercilessly by Chhatra League men late into the night.

Abrar’s father Barkat Ullah filed the murder case at Chawkbazar Police Station against 19 people, mostly leaders, and activists of BUET Chhatra League unit.

Amid students’ protest, the university on Oct 11 banned all political activities on campus and suspended the 19 students accused in the case.