6 students make confession, sent to jail

Six Dhaka University students arrested in connection with lynching a man named, Tofazzal, at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall of the DU have submitted confessional statements to court under Section 164.

After recording the confessional statement of the accused, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain sent them to jail.

Earlier, investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Aminul Islam produced the accused before the court when they agreed to submit confessional statements.

The six accused students are - Md Jalal Mia, 25, a former deputy science and technology secretary of the Fazlul Haque Hall branch of Chhatra League and a Physics student, along with Suman Mia, 21, from the soil, water, and environment department, Md Mottakin Sakin from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Al Hossain Sajjad of geography, Ahsan Ullah from the mathematics department, and another student, Wajibul Alam, from the same hall.

Mentally challenged Tofazzal was beaten to death on suspicion that he had stolen a mobile phone in the guest room of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall of Dhaka University on September 18 last. His body was taken to Pathaghata early Thursday (September 19).