Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam ordered the transfer after police ran a newspaper advertisement asking the fugitive suspects to appear in court. The court will begin trying the defendants after framing charges against them, state counsel Hemayetuddin Khan Hiron told bdnews24.com. On Nov 13, detective police Inspector Wahiduzzaman pressed charges in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court against 25 people of the murder following five weeks of investigation. The court received the charge sheet on Nov 18 and ordered police to issue arrest warrants against the four fugitives and submit a report by Jan 5. Morshed Amartya Islam, one of fugitive suspects in the grisly murder of BUET student, was sent to jail after he surrendered to a court in Dhaka.

Source: bd News24 January 13, 2020 13:41 UTC