JnU student Jobayed murder: Family alleges police refusing to record case
The victim's family, including his father and elder brother, have been at the police station for nearly seven hours since 1am today, attempting to file a case
More than 16 hours after the brutal murder of Jagannath University (JnU) Chhatra Dal leader Md Jobayed Hossain in Old Dhaka's Armanitola, his family has alleged that police at Bangshal Police Station are delaying and refusing to record a formal murder case against their identified suspects.
Jobayed, a student of the Statistics Department (session 2019-20) and a member of the JnU Chhatra Dal convening committee, was found fatally stabbed on the staircase of a house in Armanitola yesterday evening (19 October), where he went to tutor a student.
The victim's family, including his father and elder brother, have been at the police station for nearly seven hours since 1am today (20 October), attempting to file a case.
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The plaintiff, Jobayed's elder brother Enayet Hossain Soikat, stated that the officer-in-charge (OC) refused to record the case.
"We wanted to file the case naming five people: the student Barsha, her parents, her boyfriend Md Mahir Rahman, and the boyfriend's friend Md Nafis. The OC of Bangshal Police Station refused to take it," Soikat said.
He further alleged, "The OC advised us not to name so many people in the case. He [the OC] told us that if we name the girl's parents, the case would become 'lightweight.' But we insist on naming them. We demand justice for my brother's murder."
The delay in filing the case was initially attributed to the OC's absence between 1am and 3am, but upon his arrival, the request to reduce the number of accused caused further delay.
When questioned, Bangshal Police Station OC Rafiqul Islam stated, "We will accept the case with the names of whoever they want to include, but we advised them to discuss the matter with university teachers before making a final decision."
Earlier, police recovered Jobayed's blood-stained body from the staircase of a house on Panir Pump Goli. They suspect the student and her boyfriend may be involved. CCTV footage reportedly shows two young men fleeing the scene around the time of the 4:45pm murder, though their faces are unclear.
For the past year, Jobayed Hossain had been teaching physics, chemistry, and biology to Barsha at a house called Roushan Villa at 15, Nurbox Lane, Armanitola, Old Dhaka.
Police have taken the student, Barsha, into custody for questioning. She was escorted from her residence around 11pm last night following extensive interrogation. Police have yet to issue a formal statement regarding the nature of the crime or the arrests. The victim's body was sent to Mitford Hospital for an autopsy.
Following the murder, protesting JnU students demanded the swift arrest of the perpetrators. They staged a sit-in in front of Bangshal Police Station and blocked the Tatibazar intersection, briefly setting fires in protest.
