M’singh Univ Student Murder: Dying declaration prompts arrest efforts

Law enforcers are trying to arrest the killers of a university student in Mymensingh based on the victim's dying declaration.

Towhidul Islam Khan (24), an honours final year student of finance and banking at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University in Trishal, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital on Friday, hours after he was stabbed in his house at the city's Teenkona Pukurpar.

Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahmudul Islam said, "He [the victim] talked to them at the hospital before his death and we are conducting drives following his information."

The OC, however, did not disclose the statement for sake of investigation.

Towhidul, who was from Netrakona's Rameswarpur village, used to live alone in a rented room on the second floor of a two-storey building in Mymensingh city.

Around 3:30am on Friday, unidentified miscreants entered his room, as the door remained open during sehri time, said the police officer.

They stabbed him in the chest and other body parts, he added.

Hearing screams, his landlord and neighbours rushed to the spot, and took Towhidul to the hospital where he died in the morning.

Victim's father Saiful Islam Khan filed a case with the police station accusing unknown persons, the OC told this newspaper.

Talking to The Daily Star, the university Proctor Dr Uzzol Kumar Prodhan demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers.