4 BCL men among 6 detained over BUET student Abrar murder
Six suspects were detained over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad who was allegedly beaten to death inside his university dormitory, Sher-e-Bangla Hall, in the early hours of Monday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) joint commissioner Abdul Baten said this while briefing the reporters.
He, however, did not disclose identities of the detainees.
Abdul Baten said they were picked up on specific information. Detail of the detainees will be disclosed in a formal briefing, later on, he added.
Identities of four persons were confirmed. All of them are students of the university and leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of ruling Awami League.
Around 3:00pm on Monday, police picked up BUET unit BCL information and research secretary Anik Sarker and sports secretary Meftahul Islam Zion in connection with the murder.
Police later detained Mehedi Hasan Russell, general secretary of BUET unit BCL and Fuad Hossain, its joint general secretary. Both of them are residents of Sher-e-Bangla Hall.
Abrar, 21, a second year student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, was found dead at the ground floor of his dormitory around 3:00am.
According to Sher-e-Bangla Hall students, some followers of BUET unit BCL general secretary Russell beat Abrar at room No. 2011 Sunday night.
Three residents of room No. 2011 went into hiding after Abrar had been 'beaten to death'. The absconding three are Amit Saha, BUET unit BCL deputy legal affairs secretary and student of Civil Engineering department, Mujtaba Rafid, deputy office secretary and student of Chemical Engineering department and Ifti Mosharraf aka Shakal, deputy social affairs secretary and student of Biomedical Engineering department. The fourth resident of the room went to his village two days ago.
According to police and BUET students, Abrar was staying in his hall Sunday night. He could have been called out of his room at night and beaten to death, they added.
Abrar's classmates said that he was possibly killed for his writing on Facebook.
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