Statement of 6 students of DU admits responsibility for murder of Tofazzal

Six arrested students have given a confessional statement in connection with the beating to death of a young man named Tofazzal Hossain on the suspicion of being a thief in Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall of Dhaka University (DU).

When they were brought to court on Friday afternoon, they gave a statement under section 164 in the judge's private room. Later they were sent to jail on the orders of the court.

The six arrested students are Jalal Ahmed, a student of the 18-19 session of the Department of Physical Sciences, Mohammad Sumon, a student of the 2020-21 session of the Soil Water and Environment Department, Muttakin Sakin, a student of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Ahsan Ullah (24) of the Mathematics Department, Al Hossain Sajjad and Wajibul of Geography. Alam

Earlier on Thursday (September 19), the supervisor of the estate office of the university, Mohammad Amanullah Badi, filed a case at the Shahbag police station in connection with the beating death of Tofazzal. Later in the afternoon, the police arrested the six accused with the cooperation of DU's proctorial team and students.

According to the statement of the case, on September 18, around 8:30 pm, a young man was suspiciously roaming at the gate of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall of Dhaka University and was detained by some students. First, he took the mobile phone to the guest room of the main building of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall and the students slapped and punched him. When asked at that time, he said his name was Tofazzal.

Realizing that he was mentally ill, he was taken to the canteen of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall and fed. Later, Tofazzal fell unconscious when some unruly students took him to the guest room in the south building of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall, tied his hands behind the window and beat him with stamps, hockey sticks and sticks.

When the matter was reported to some resident teachers of the university, Tofazzal was taken to the hospital with their help. Later, when the young man was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the doctor conducted the necessary tests and declared him dead at 12:45 on the night of September 19.