Buet student Fardin’s father refuses suicide ‘rhetoric’

The father of the deceased Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Fardin Noor Parash has refused the claim of the detective branch (DB) of police and the rapid action battalion (RAB) that he committed suicide.

Reiterating that Fardin's death was a planned murder, his father Kazi Nur Uddin said his son could not have committed suicide.

"Fardin was someone who always managed to cope with any difficult situation. He could not have committed suicide under any circumstances," he said while talking to the journalists on Thursday.

Pointing out a picture of his deceased son's body, the distraught father said that he had seen bruises on Fardin's head.

Kazi Nur Uddin told journalists, "Fardin was premeditatedly murdered and now suicide drama is being staged up."

Expressing dissatisfaction over the investigation, he said, "The day he went missing, he had his haircut and shaved. Does anyone have his hair cut before committing suicide?"

He also claimed that a vested group have been trying to spread false information to divert the pre-planned murder into another direction. "They are now confusing us with the suicide 'rhetoric'," he added.

Meanwhile, a group of Buet students, who went to the DB office to get details about the death of Fardin Noor Parash on Thursday, said detectives could not produce any solid evidence in favour of their claim that he committed suicide.

The DB officials are not 100% sure about their claim, the students said.

A student named Tahmid Hossain said, "They have shown us the evidence that seemed relevant to us. But there may be some gaps. We need to be more clear about these. I hope they will work more. They have assured us in this regard."

The students had earlier called on a protest at the Buet Shaheed Minar premises on Thursday and later postponed it for unknown reasons.

Meanwhile, the DB chief on Thursday said they would inform the court that they have not found any involvement of Amatullah Bushra, Fardin's friend, in this case.