Diaz murder: CU ex-asst proctor sent to jail

The assistant proctor of Chittagong University, Anwar Hossain, was sent to jail after he surrendered before a Chittagong court today in the murder case of Bangladesh Chhatra League central leader Diaz Irfan Chowdhury.

Chittagong Chief Judicial Magistrate Munshi M Mashiar Rahman passed the order after rejecting the bail petition of Anwar Hossain, our Chittagong correspondent reports quoting Diaz’s lawyer advocate Abu Monsur.

On November 20, 2016, the body of Diaz, central assistant secretary of the BCL, was found hanging from the ceiling of his room near CU.

Indefinite strike at CU

Accused BCL leaders, who were sued over the murder of Diaz, along with their followers enforced an indefinite strike on the campus today demanding the withdrawal of the case and immediate release of the assistant proctor.

Accused BCL leaders, who were sued over the murder of Diaz, along with their followers enforced an indefinite strike on the campus on December 18, 2017 demanding the withdrawal of the case and immediate release of the assistant proctor. Photo: Collected

As part of their strike, they padlocked the university's main entrance around 11:30am and also shut off the university’s shuttle train service.

Later, the protesters blocked the Chittagong-Hathazari highway from around 2:50pm but police removed the block around 3:30pm, Additional Superintendent of Chittagong Hathazari (circle) Abdullah Al Masum told The Daily Star.

Diaz’s mother lodged the murder case on November 24 with a Chittagong court against around 20 people, including the then CU assistant proctor Anwar Hossain and the university unit’s BCL President Mohammad Alamgir Tipu.

The other accused in the case are former CU BCL General Secretary Jamsedul Alam Chowdhury, the unit's former Entertainment Affairs Secretary Mizanur Rahman, Publication Secretary Rashedul Islam Jisan, Vice Presidents Md Mansur Alam and Abdul Malek, Joint Secretary Abu Torab Parash, Organising Secretary Md. Arman and member Ariful Haque Apu.