Another CU student murdered, body found beside rail tracks
Body of another student of Chittagong University (CU) was found beside railway tracks at Borodighir Par under Hathazari upazila of the district on Monday.
With this, two students of the university were murdered by unidentified criminals within a period of 46 days. Monday's victim was identified as Harunur Rashid alias Kawser, a third year student of Marketing Department and resident of Shahjalal Hall.
On February 11 this year, AAM Mohiuddin Masum, a final year student of political science department of the university, was hacked to death by unknown criminals at Sholoshohar railway Station.
Police said criminals stabbed Kawser and then slit his throat on Sunday night and left the body beside the railway tracks at Borodighir Par. They recovered the body Monday morning and sent it to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Family members identified the body of Kawser, son of Didarul Haque of village Raghobpur under Mirersarai upazila of the district, at CMCH yesterday morning.
Officer in-Charge Shahidullah of Chittagong Government Railway Police (GRP) Station said the body also bore mark of stab injuries. A case was filed with Chittagong GRP Station.
After autopsy, Kawser's body was sent to his village home in Mirersarai for burial. An assistant proctor and provost of Shahjalal Hall went with the body.
CU BCL General Secretary Mohammad Ershad Hossain said Kawser was a resident student of Shahjalal Hall. “We knew him as our supporter and Shibir cadres might have killed him,” Ershad said, demanding proper investigation into the murder and exemplary punishment to the killers.
On the other hand, Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) CU unit President Mohammad Shamsuddin at a press conference in the city yesterday claimed that Kawser was a Shibir activist and also publicity and publication secretary of their commerce faculty unit.
He demanded exemplary punishment to the killers and said that Kawser was killed only for his involvement with the Shibir politics.
At the conference, the ICS leaders distributed a personal report card of Kawser, notebook containing his handwriting, a diary and a receipt of subscription for the organisation among the journalists.
From the personal report card it was evident that Kawser started maintaining it since January 01, 2008. But, the admission test for his enrolling in 2007-2008 session began on January 06, 2008, university sources said.
When his attention was drawn to the contradicting dates, Shibir CU unit President Mohammad Shamsuddin claimed that Kawser became a Shibir activist before the admission test.
Shamsuddin read out the written statement at the conference and announced a three-day protest programme including submission of a memorandum to the CU vice chancellor, human chain and Qarankhawni and doa mahfil for Kawser.
Kawser uncle Shamsuzzaman, who is a sub-inspector of police at Kotwali Police Station, said Kawser had no political involvement.
ASP Babul Akhter of Hathazari Circle said additional two platoons of police with the regular five platoons have been deployed on the university campus to avert any untoward incident.
Meanwhile, Chittagong University authorities yesterday formed a three-member committee headed by Prof Mohammad Mohiuddin of the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science to investigate the murder. The members of the committee are
Prof Ali Ashraf of economics department and Assistant Proctor Manzur Morshed. The committee has been asked to submit its report within seven days.
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