Sohagi Jahan Tonu

Tonu murder: Striking student bodies to lay siege to home ministry April 7

Protesting murder of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and demanding punishment of killers, Progressive Students' Alliance and Anti-Imperialist Students Union will lay siege to the home ministry on April 7.
3 April 2016

Writ seeks judicial probe into Tonu killing

A writ petition is filed with High Court seeking its directives upon the government to constitute a judicial committee to launch an enquiry into the killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
3 April 2016

CID team visits Tonu murder spot

A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visits the spot in Mainamati Cantonment area where the body of Comilla Victoria college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was found.
1 April 2016

HR boss sees all the bad signs

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman yesterday said the spot, where Tonu's body had been found, looked unusually clean, suggesting that some evidence might have been tampered with.
31 March 2016

Tonu killing: March to PMO stopped, strike called

Police have barred demonstrators, seeking justice for the murder of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, from marching to the Prime Minister’s Office.
31 March 2016

In the eye of the storm

It is in the interest of the Army's credibility that everything should be done to resolve the mystery. Cantonments are not sacrosanct areas and from time to time criminal acts do occur in there.
30 March 2016

Body exhumed, fresh autopsy done

Police yesterday exhumed the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu for a fresh autopsy, with various law enforcement agencies still struggling to identify a single suspect in her murder.
30 March 2016

Protest continues demanding justice for Tonu

Students of different universities continue demonstration at different parts of Dhaka demanding justice for Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
30 March 2016

She is mine

She could have been ours. She could have been our daughter. She could have been returning home after a dinner, stopped at a traffic signal...
29 March 2016

Who to blame for 'lapses' in first autopsy?

The necessity for exhuming the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu for a fresh autopsy has raised questions over the investigators' sincerity in probing the murder.
29 March 2016

Tonu killing: Strike called at all educational institutions Apr 3

Students demonstrating at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka call daylong strike at all educational institutions on April 3 demanding punishment to Tonu killers.
29 March 2016

Protest spreads, cries for justice getting stronger

Cries for justice continue as protests spread across country over the murder and alleged rape of Comilla college student Tonu. With no remarkable progress in investigation general students have taken matters seriously blocking major roads and highways, and bringing out protest rallies.
27 March 2016

ASK condemns Tonu murder, urges arrest of culprits

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, condemns killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student of Victoria College in Comilla, and expresses serious concern for the perpetrators involved in the killing not being arrested yet.
26 March 2016

DB now investigating Tonu murder

Detective Branch (DB) of police investigates Comilla Victoria college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu murder case.
26 March 2016

Army helping in probe into Tonu murder

The army authorities are providing full support to the police in investigating the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu near Comilla Cantonment
25 March 2016