Prime accused Bushra arrested in BUET student Fardin murder case

Police arrested Amatullah Bushra in connection with a murder case of Fardin Noor Parash, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), from her Banasree residence in Dhaka on Thursday.

Police conducted a drive at Bushra’s house and arrested her in the morning, Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rampura Police Station, told the media adding that she is a 3rd-year student of East West University.

Police recovered Fardin’s body from Shitalakhkhya river on November 7 three days after his disappearance.

Fardin was a 3rd-year student of Buet’s civil engineering department and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj's Fatullah.

Fardin’s father Kazi Nuruddin Rana filed a case against Bushra and some unidentified people with the police station in this connection, said the OC.

On November 4, Fardin left his house and has not returned home since then. He was also unreachable on the phone. Later, Fardin’s father lodged a general diary with Rampura Police in this regard.

Following an autopsy report, Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital on Tuesday claimed to have several injury marks on Fardin’s head and body.

Police have detained two friends of the deceased for interrogation, according to Maniruzzaman Moni, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj River Police.