Staff Reporter:
Allegations of involvement of Jagannath University (JnU) student Raihan Siddique Amman and Assistant Proctor Deen Islam in instigating the death by suicide of law department student Fairuz Sadaf Abontika were found to be primarily true, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said.
Revealing the information at a press conference yesterday, DMP additional commissioner (crime) Kh Mahid Uddin said, “After initial interrogation of the two accused, the allegations are found to be true.”
However, it cannot be conclusively said that all allegations as per the existing evidence, he said, adding that but the allegations are found to be primarily true.
Further investigation will unveil the details of their involvement, he added.
Abontika’s mother Taslima Begum filed a case with Kotwali Police Station in Cumilla against JnU student Raihan Siddique Amman and Assistant Proctor Deen Islam.
Kh Mahid Uddin said Raihan Siddique Amman and Deen Islam who were arrested last night in Dhaka, were handed over to Kotwali Police Station yesterday.
On March 16, Jagannath University (JnU) authorities suspended management studies department assistant professor Deen Islam and law department student Raihan Siddique Amman from the uni-versity following the death of law department student Fairuz Abontika.
Deen Islam was removed from the post of assistant proctor.
