Staff Reporter:
The police have submitted a charge sheet against 21 students of Dhaka University in a case filed for lynching a man, named Tofazzal Hossain, at the university’s Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall on suspicion of theft.
Shahbagh police station Inspector Md Asaduzzaman, also the investigating officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet before a Dhaka court on 1 January, Sub-Inspector Md Jinnah, the court’s general recording officer with the police station concerned, said on Thursday.
Of the accused, six are now behind bars while 15 others are on the run. The charge sheet, however, did not mention the political affiliation of the accused.
Earlier, Md Jalal Mia, Sumon Mia, Mottakin Sakin, Al Hossain Sajjad, Ahsan Ullah alias Bipul Sheikh, and Wajibul Alam gave statements in a Dhaka court, confessing their involvement in the incident. They were sent to jail then.
On 18 September last year, 32-year-old Tofazzal was beaten to death by a group of students.
They caught him from the dormitory and beat him up in two phases. Later, he was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the early hours of 19 September.
The DU authorities filed a case with the police station on 19 September.
Meanwhile, confirming the charge sheet submission, Inspector Asaduzzaman said the court set 2 February for a hearing in the case.
