Members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Jagannath University (JnU) unit come under attack allegedly by Chhatra League activists when they brought out a procession on the campus, demanding punishment of Abrar Fahad's killers.

Alumni of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) demand resignation of the vice chancellor and an overhauling of the administration at the earliest.

UN Resident Coordinator Mia Seppo has called for quick investigation and justice in the incident of Buet student Abrar Fahad killing.

It is a common belief that only meritorious, above-average students can get into a university like Buet. It’s no joke when amongst thousands of applicants, only a handful are selected.

This was not the first time Abrar Fahad was called to room 2011 of Buet’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall.

The small Roydanga Eidgah and the adjacent graveyard ground in Kushtia’s Raidanga village could hardly hold the influx of people who turned up for the funeral of Abrar Fahad yesterday.

Just before the start of their two-day weekend from Thursday, Buet students are supposed to get a breather from classes and exams on Wednesday evenings.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says both organisational and administrative actions have been taken against the perpetrators involved in the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad, reiterating the warning that no wrongdoer will be spared during the period of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government.

The agitating students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) confine the university vice chancellor demanding punishment to the killers of their fellow Abrar Fahad.

Buet student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of the university unit, is buried at his village at Raidanga village in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia.

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday said the brutal suppression of dissent at universities is alarming because these institutions are supposed to nurture free speech.

“Bring back my son alive.” This is all Rokeya Khatun could say as her relatives tried to console her in her home on Kushtia town’s PTTI Road.

Room 2011. It is the second last room located on the first floor of the five-storey Sher-e-Bangla Hall at Buet. Although innocuous-looking from the outside, the room is known among the students to be a torture cell and a party hub.

Abrar Fahad, a meritorious student of Buet, had no affiliation with Shibir, his family members says.

Following the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and the universities of Dhaka, Rajshahi and Jahangirnagar staged protests demanding punishment of the killers.

In his last Facebook post, Abrar Fahad expressed his critical view about Bangladesh’s agreement with India allowing the country to withdraw water from Feni river.