Din Islam and Amman Siddique. Photo: Collected
Police on Saturday (16 March) detained Jagannath University (JnU) student Fairuz Abontika's classmate Amman Siddique and Assistant Proctor Din Islam in connection with her death on Friday.
"Since the death of the student, these two were under police surveillance," Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman told the media.
"They are now in police custody," he said.
This evening, Abontika's mother Tahmina Shabnam filed an abetment of suicide case against Abontika's classmate and assistant poctor Din Islam at Kotwali Model Police Station in Cumilla.
Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Firoz Hossain said, "Abontika's mother filed the case as the plaintiff. We will discuss with the authorities and take appropriate action.
Earlier this afternoon, the students of JnU staged a demonstration and presented a five-point demand with a 24-hour ultimatum over the arrest and permanent expulsion of Amman Siddique and Din Islam.
On Friday, Fairuz Abontika, a student of the 2017-18 academic year of JnU Law Department, hanged herself at her Cumilla residence after accusing her classmate and the assistant proctor of the university in a Facebook post around 10 pm.
The university administration relieved assistant proctor Din Islam from his duty and suspended classmate Amman Siddique.
The university administration formed a four-member probe committee.
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