Varsity student Parvez murder: 3 put on 7-day remand

A court in Dhaka has placed three individuals on a seven-day remand each in a case lodged over the brutal killing of Zahidul Islam Parvez, a third-year student of Textile Engineering Department at Primeasia University, in the city's Banani area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order on Monday (April 21).

The individuals placed on remand are - Md Al Kamal Sheikh alias Kamal, 19 Alvi Hossain Junaid, 19, and Al Amin Sunny, 19.

Earlier Banani police station Inspector AKM Moin Uddin produced the trio before the court and pleaded to place them on a 10-day remand each in the case.

On April 19, Zahidul Islam Parvez and his friend Md Tariqul Islam were attacked with locally-made weapons by a group of individuals on the road in front of the university. Later, Parvez, who sustained critical injuries, was rushed to Kurmitola General Hospital where the doctor on duty declared him dead.