IU teacher stabbing: Husband brings charges against three faculty members, one staffer

The prime suspect is in critical condition following a suicide attempt after the stabbing, police say

The fatal stabbing of an assistant professor in her university office has sent shockwaves across the nation, as her husband filed a case accusing three colleagues and a staff member of involvement in the attack.

Islamic University Police chief Masud Rana said the process of formally accepting the complaint as a case was under way.

The primary suspect in the case is Fazlur Rahman, a university employee who allegedly stabbed the teacher in her office at the university in Kushtia on Wednesday afternoon.

The victim, Asma Sadia Runa taught social welfare at the university.

Fazlur tried to take his own life after the alleged attack and is currently undergoing treatment in Kushtia General Hospital.

The other three colleagues named in the case are social welfare department teachers Biswajit Kumar Biswas, Shyam Sundar Sarkar, and Md Habibur Rahman.

Asma’s body was handed over to her family on Thursday morning following a post-mortem examination.

She was laid to rest at the Kushtia Municipal Cemetery after a Namaz-e-Janaza at the Central Eidgah on Thursday.

Runa lived in the Kushtia Government College area.

She is survived by her husband, a part-time teacher at Kushtia Polytechnic Institute, and their four children, three daughters and a son.

Fazlur, a resident of Shastidanga village near the campus, had been working at the university on a master-roll basis for nearly a decade.

His family noted that he was recently transferred from Runa’s department to the political science department, though a motive for the attack has yet to be officially established by investigators.