Mechanical engineering student Shamsul Arefin Rafat has been remanded for four more days after a five-day grilling in custody while civil engineering student Akash Hossain has been sent to jail. Water resources engineering student Monir, who is among 12 BCL leaders expelled over the murder, is the fifth suspect to have given confessional statement in court. Police have so far arrested 20 people in connection with the murder of Abrar on Oct 6 night. The BCL men reportedly tortured him on suspicion that he was a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami's student front Islami Chhatra Shibir. Mahmudul Jishan, Ehteshamul Rabbi Tanim and ‘Morshed’, who are among the 19 named in the murder case, are still on the run.

Source: bd News24 October 15, 2019 20:15 UTC