Shawdesh Desk:

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on Tuesday formed a human chain on campus, demanding justice for fellow student Fardin Noor Parash’s death.

The human chain, under the banner of general students, was formed in front of BUET Shaheed Minar after Fardin’s namaz-e-janaza at the campus Central Mosque.

The students demanded immediate arrest of those behind Fardin’s death after identifying them.

Fardin’s body was brought to BUET campus after post-mortem examinations on Tuesday morning.

Fardin was a 3rd year student of BUET’s civil engineering department and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj’s Fatullah.

Earlier on Tuesday, Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the post-mortem examinations were conducted, said that there were several injury marks in Fardin’s head and body.

Police have detained two friends of Fardin for interrogation, Maniruzzaman Moni, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj river police, said. Police were also trying to find clues to and possible reasons behind Fardin’s death, he said.

On Monday, police recovered Fardin’s body from the River Shitalakhkhya behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj, three days after he went missing.

On November 4, Fardin left home and did not return. He was also unreachable over the phone.

Later, his father lodged a general diary with the Rampura police in this regard.