Canadian Student's Death
Male friend on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court yesterday placed a man, accused of murdering a Canadian female student in the capital on January 12, on a three-day remand.
The victim Munjerina Arabin Jerin, 22, died after being hit by a train. She was studying in Uttara Women's Medical College and residing in the college hostel.
Yesterday, the accused Mohiuddin Sharan, a cousin of Jerin's classmate, showed police that the incident took place near Khilkhet and not, as per his previous claim, near Cantonment Railway Station, behind Radisson Hotel, said police.
Jerin visited her aunt in Rampura on January 12 and left around 4:30pm. She then went for a walk with Mohiuddin around 6:30pm, said relatives.
One relative, who filed a murder case against Mohiuddin, quoting witnesses, said Jerin had engaged in a heated argument with Mohiuddin but no one saw what happened right before the impact.
“Mohiuddin took her to a nearby hospital after the incident,†said Jerin's uncle, Abu Bakar Siddique.
Jerin's Bangladeshi parents and younger sister, who arrived in the country from Canada yesterday, demanded justice and said the burial will be held at Goihata village in Nagarpur upazila, Tangail tomorrow.
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