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BUET student Fardin murder: Case filed, friend arrested

A case has been filed over the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Nur Parash, 24. 

Fardin’s father Kazi Nuruddin Rana filed the murder case with Rampura Police Station early Thursday. 

Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-charge of the police station, said the case was filed around 3:30am. Fardin’s female friend Bushra and some unnamed people were sued in the case. 

However, police arrested Bushra from a house in Rampura in the case.

Hayatul Islam Khan, Deputy Commissioner (Motijheel Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest to Jago News.

According to the source, Fardin remained missing since November 4. His father filed a general diary with Rampura Police Station in Dhaka on November 5. The body of Fardin was recovered from Shitalakhya river in Narayanganj on November 7 two days after his missing. 

Police interrogated Fardin’s two friends - Bushra and Shirsha Sanshopta - after recovering his body. Bushra is a student of a private university.

On November 8, Sheikh Farhad, Resident Medical Officer of Narayanganj General Hospital, said Fardin might have been killed. Numerous injury marks have been found on his body.