Togor, convicted of killing BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, arrested

Sony was shot dead during a clash between two factions of Chhatra Dal on Jun 8, 2002, at BUET over a tender dispute

Mushfiq Uddin Togor, a convicted defendant in the 2002 murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, has been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion.

Togor, 50, was apprehended with a revolver and 156 rounds of ammunition at Azimpur of Dhaka’s Lalbagh on Thursday night.

According to a RAB statement, Togor was one of the key suspects linked to Sony’s killing, a chemical engineering student, during a student clash on Jun 8, 2002.

The altercation, stemming from a tender dispute between two factions of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, led to Soni being shot and killed.

After a prolonged legal battle, the lower court sentenced Togor, along with two others -- Mukammel Hayat Khan Muki and Sagar-- to death.

On Mar 10, 2006, the High Court overturned the death sentences and instead sentenced them to life imprisonment. The court also acquitted others, including SM Masum Billah and Masum.

While Muki fled to Australia, and Sagar remained at large, Togor had been imprisoned. Rab did not disclose details about when he was released.