The perpetrators behind the murder of a student at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will not be spared, says senior Cabinet member Obaidul Quader.
“Killing for difference of opinion is not acceptable at all. Those involved [with the murder] will be brought to justice,” he said on Monday (Oct 7) while speaking to the media at his offices.
Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering, was found dead in the stairway of Shere-e-Bangla residential hall in the early hours of Monday, said police.
He was beaten to death for his suspected links to the Islami Chhatra Shibir— the student wing of Jamaat-e Islami, media reports said citing his classmates.
The 21-year-old was found dead in the stairway of his dormitory in the early hours of Monday (Oct 7).
Abrar, a resident of Sher-e-Bangla Hall, was called up from his room at 7:30pm on Sunday, said police, quoting the students of the hall. Later, his body was found on the first-floor stairway at 2am.
The second-year student of Electrical and Electronics Engineer department was beaten to death for his suspected links to the Islami Chhatra Shibir— the student wing of Jamaat-e Islami, media reports said citing his classmates.
Police have detained two leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) BUET unit in connection with the incident
“Initial investigations found that he was beaten to death and it’s a clear case of homicide. We have obtained footages from security camera. Two students of the same hall have been detained and being questioned,” Additional Police Commissioner Krishna Pada Roy of the Dhaka metro police told the media
BUET students Mehedy Hasan Russel and Muhtasim Fuad are now in police custody over the murder.
Russel is the general secretary of BUET Chhatra League unit, while Fuad is the vice president. Both of them are residents of Sher-e-Bangla Hall.