Tofazzal beaten to death: case against 15 people including the provost
A case has been filed against 15 people, including the Provost of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall of Dhaka University, Professor Shah Muhammad Masum, in the case of Tofazzal Hossain beaten to death on suspicion of being a thief.
On Wednesday (September 25) in Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aktaruzzaman's court Tofazzal's cousin Mosa. Asma Akhter filed this case.
Accepting the case, the court said that the university authorities have filed a case in the Shahbag police station. The court asked the plaintiff to follow the case.
The other accused in the case are Jalal Mia, Suman Mia, Firoz Kabir, Abdus Samad, Mottakin Sakin Shah, Al Hossain Sajjad, Wajibul Alam, Ahsan Ullah, Fazle Rabbi, Yamus Zaman, Rashed Kamal Anik, Shahriar Kabir Shovan, Mehdi Hasan Imran and Md. Sultan. They are all students of Dhaka University.
Last September 18, at 8:30 in the evening, a young man was walking suspiciously at the gate of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall of Dhaka University. At that time, some students in the university arrested him and first took him to the guest room of the main building of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall and slapped and punched him randomly because he had stolen the mobile phone. When asked, his name was Tofazzal. Later, realizing that he was a mental patient, he was taken to the canteen of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall and fed. Later, Tofazzal was taken to the guest room in the south building of Muslim Hall, tied his hands behind the window and beaten by some unruly students with stamps, hockey sticks and sticks, and he fell unconscious.
When this matter was reported to some resident teachers of the university, with their help, the unconscious youth was caught and taken to the medical center. Later, when the young man was taken to the emergency department of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the doctor on duty performed the necessary tests and declared him dead at quarter past 1 in the morning.
Tofazzal's house is in Kanthaltali Union of Patharghata Upazila of Barguna. The day after this incident, Mohammad Amanullah, supervisor of the university's estate office, filed a murder case at the Shahbag police station on September 19 at noon. Later police arrested 6 students. They have already confessed their guilt in court. Currently in jail. 6 students are - Jalal Mia, Sumon Mia, Md. Mottakin Sakin, Al Hossain Sajjad, Ahsan Ullah and Wajibul Alam.