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Diaz Murder

HC grants bail to CU ex-proctor

CU Correspondent :
The High Court yesterday granted permanent bail to Anwae Hossian Chowdhury , former Assistrent Proctor of Chittagong University , after 58 days in jail over the murder case of Bangladesh Chhattra League leader Diaz Irfan Chowdhury last year.
The High Court Division bench of Justice Obidul Haque and Justice Krishna Debnath passed the order on the Thursday as he will be on bail until the final report of police is submitted in this case. Confirming the matter, Senior jail Superintendent of Chittagong Central Jail Iqbal Kabir said that there was a case against teacher Anwar Hossain Chowdhury. He got bail from the High Court in the case. After getting the documents related to the bail, he was released on Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier on 18 December he surrendered at the end of the interim bail and was sent him jail. Police recovered the late body of Diaz, assistant secretary of BCL central committee, from his residence in Chittagong University’s south campus on November 20, 2016. On November 24 last year.
 Diaz’s mother Zaheda Amin Chowdhury filed a murder case against 10 people including former Assistant Proctor Anwar Hossain. On August 7, the court ordered the arrest of the accused and ban on moving the countryside.
After the surrender on December 18 last year, the court sent Anwar Hossain to jail. On December 21, the Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) interrogated the teacher for two days on the remand of . Last Sunday, the Department of Sociology urged to CU administration to suspend him from service..
According to the rules, he was suspended from the university’s job until he will get notice from university .