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They have been arrested in a raid in Dhaka’s Mohakhali, police say
Published : 21 Apr 2025, 11:35 AM
Police have arrested three teenagers over the murder of Primeasia University student Zahidul Islam Parvez.
They were arrested during a raid in the Wireless Gate area of Dhaka’s Mohakhali around midnight on Sunday, according to Rasel Sarwar, chief of Banani Police Station.
The arrestees are Md Al Kamal Sheikh aka Kamal, 19, Alvi Hossain Junaid, 19, and Al Alim Sunny, 19.
None of them are students of Primeasia University. They are not named as suspects in the case documents either.
OC Rasel said, “CCTV footage showed the three arrestees were present at the scene. Initially, we have learnt that they were involved in the murder. Based on information obtained from the detainees, we are trying to arrest the named suspects in the case and the others involved.”
Banani Police Station Inspector (Operations) AKM Moinuddin said, “None of the three arrestees are students at the university. They are school friends of the main three suspects. The arrestees and the three suspects all studied at the Banani Bidyaniketan School. They went to the scene that day after they were called by the suspects.”
The arrestees are all seeking admission to different universities, he added.
On Saturday afternoon, Zahidul Islam Parvez, a student of the 223rd batch of the Textile Engineering Department, was stabbed to death in a “knife attack” following a dispute between some students on the campus of the private Primeasia University in Banani.
Students of the Textile Department alleged that Parvez was stabbed to death by outsiders over a small incident while chatting at a tea shop near the university.
The case filed by the deceased's cousin Humayun Kabir over Parvez’s murder names eight suspects, including two leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. In addition, 25-30 other people have been accused as unnamed suspects.
The accused in the case are Mehraj Islam, 20, Abu Zar Gifari Pias, 20, Mahathir Hasan, 20, Sobhan Niaz Tushar, 24, Hridoy Miyazi, 23, Rifat, 21, Ali, 21 and Fahim, 22.
Among them, Tushar has been identified in the complaint as the joint convener of the Banani Thana Anti-Discrimination Student Movement unit. Hridoy Miyazi has been identified as the joint member secretary of the same unit.
At a press conference on Sunday, the Chhatra Dal alleged that some leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement from Banani were involved in the murder, claiming Parvez as one of its activists.
However, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement denied the allegations of the Chhatra Dal on its Facebook page, stating that the Chhatra Dal was lying and that their leaders were not involved in the incident.
