BUET student Fardin’s death unsolved in 4yrs

Four years have passed since the body of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash was recovered from the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj, but the investigation has yet to be completed.

Although police detectives said Fardin died by “suicide”, his father filed an objection to the report. The court granted the application and assigned the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police to investigate.

However, the CID has not been able to submit the final report though two and a half years have passed. The plaintiff says that the date for submitting the report has been changed 40 times.

The last time the report was to be submitted in the case was on Oct 14. Since the CID did not submit the report that day either, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Al Biruni Mir has set a new date of Nov 17, said Sub Inspector (SI) Mominul Islam of the prosecution department.

As the trial has not been completed even after four years, Fardin’s father Kazi Noor Uddin Rana says: “Just looking at this case, you can understand the reality of impunity in Bangladesh.”

Calling for an investigation into what happened to Fardin, he said: “Forty dates have passed. The investigation into the case is still not over. I appeal to the government to leave behind this impunity and find the truth behind the incident.”

Fardin was a third-year student of the Civil Engineering Department of BUET. The body of the 24-year-old young man was recovered from the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj on the night of Nov 7, 2022 by River Police.

Before that, his father had filed a general diary with the police station, reporting his son’s disappearance for three days. Two days after the body was recovered, he filed a murder case with the Rampura Police Station on the night of Nov 9.

Fardin’s girlfriend, university student Amatullah Bushra, was arrested over the incident. She is now free on bail.
On Feb 6, 2023, the Detective Branch (DB) submitted a report asking for Bushra to be dropped from the case. On Apr 16 of that year, the court granted Fardin’s father’s objection to that report and ordered a further investigation into the case by the CID. However, the CID has not yet submitted the report. The agency is seeking more time.

The investigation officer of the case, CID Police’s Dhaka Metro East Additional Special Superintendent Tanjila Siddika, said: “We have not been able to do anything new yet. The case has been brought to the CID on the basis of whether the victim committed suicide or was murdered. The case needs to be investigated further.”�" bdnews24
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