Battery-run rickshaw driver detained over death of female student at JU

Jahangirnagar College authorities detained and handed over a battery-bustle rickshaw driver to police after a female student used to be killed by such a vehicle on 19 November.

Security officers detained Arju Mia, the suspected rickshaw driver, from the Gerua space beside the campus the outdated day (24 November) and introduced him to the Proctor’s Space of business.

He used to be handed over to Ashulia police characteristic after questioning at 2am recently (25 November).

“Tracking Arju’s cellular, we stumbled on out that he used to be contemporary at JU on the evening of 19 November. This is the primary motive unhurried suspecting him,” talked about Alok Kumar, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Save and investigation officer of the case.

“He used to be out of the campus earlier than and after the incident. He even tried to promote his rickshaw. His commentary is inconsistent. We’re taking him to the police characteristic,” Alok added.

The rickshaw driver used to be identified by pedestrian Naim and passengers of the rickshaw Abu Hayat and Nahid.

“I used to be heading in direction of the Library Building from Shaheed Minar when I heard the shouting. I introduced the scholar to the clinical institution in serious situation. I indubitably had been ready to identify the rickshaw driver to a huge extent,” Naim talked about.

Nahid, one in every of the passengers, talked about, “The rickshaw driver has changed the seat. He even colored his rickshaw anew. Simplest the lights that had been damaged throughout the accident remained.”

Contacted, the Proctor of the college, AKM Rashidul Hasan, talked about, “The rickshaw driver had ache in his left hand when we detained him. There are ache marks on the perimeters of his neck. Though he talked about the ache is 15 days aged, we have ensured the ache is contemporary after consulting a health care provider on the clinical centre.

“We advise the rickshaw driver has obtained the ache throughout the accident that killed our student,” the proctor added.

In the course of primary interrogation, Arju Mia talked about he does no longer operate a rickshaw and used to be no longer contemporary at JU on the day of the accident.

“I indubitably salvage had ache in my hand since 15 days ago. I supplied my rickshaw because it had battery complications,” he talked about.

After inquiring Arju’s commentary, police stumbled on that he had supplied his rickshaw to the proprietor of an auto draw shop at Tk75,000 the outdated day.

Masud, proprietor of Masud Auto Substances from the Chayabithi space in Savar, talked about 18 November as the date of the sale of the rickshaw, which police advise has been done to keep some distance off from suspicion.

On 19 November, Afsana Karim Rachi, a first-year (Honours) student from the Marketing division, used to be severely injured after getting hit by a dashing battery-bustle rickshaw whereas crossing the avenue in entrance of the Contemporary Arts Building of the campus.

She used to be first taken to the college’s clinical centre, from the effect she used to be shifted to Savar’s Enam Scientific Faculty Scientific institution. On-accountability doctors at Enam Scientific declared her unnecessary.