30-year-old Ibrahim Newaz was sentenced to 10 years in prison
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Sayeed issued the remand order on Thursday after police sought seven days’ custody to question him, said SI Mazharul Islam, the court’s recording officer.
Abrar, a second-year electrical engineering student, was beaten to death at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall by Chhatra League activists on Oct 6 allegedly over a Facebook post in which he was critical of a recent deal between Bangladesh and India.
His father Barkatullah subsequently started a case against 19 people with Chawkbazar police.
Police have so far arrested 20 people in connection with the murder.