Faruk murder at RU 4 – year passed, trial yet to begin

RU Correspondent :
The trial of murder case of Faruk Hossain, a Chhatra League activist of Rajshahi University (RU), is yet to begin although four and a half years have been passed after his killing in February, 2010.
Faruk was killed in a clash between Jamaat-backed Shibir activists and pro-Awami League BCL men at RU on February 9, 2010. His body was dumped into a manhole. The next day, BCL leader Mazedul Islam Opu filed a murder case, accusing 35 named and 29 unnamed Jamaat-Shibir men.
Among the prime accused were Jamaat-e-Islami leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and Delwar Hossain Sayedee and Islami Chhatra Shibir’s then RU unit president Shamsul Alam Golap and General Secretary Mobarak Hossain.
The complainant of the case Mazedul Islam Opu, then general secretary of RU unit BCL, said police did not take the case seriously while some BCL leaders, wishing anonymity, alleged that police were making the delay in exchange for bribes from Jamaat-Shibir men.