Man beaten to death at DU hall

Staff Correspondent: Authorities at Dhaka University on Thursday formed a seven-member committee to investigate the death of a man in mob lynching inside the university’s Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall.

The victim, Tofazzal, was beaten to death allegedly by a group of students of the hall suspecting him as a thief, hospital and university sources said.

“We are shocked at the death of the man,” said Dhaka University Proctor Mohammad Saifuddin Ahmed. He said that a seven-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident and submit its report by this evening.

According to witnesses, the man sneaked into the hall on Wednesday evening. Some students then caught and interrogated him about the theft of six mobile phones and wallets from the hall the previous day.

Under intense questioning, the man agreed to tell them about the real thieves provided they give him something to eat.

The students fed him, but the man failed to give the promised names.

Then the angry students then beat the man for two hours starting from 10 pm, according to the witnesses.

When the proctorial team got informed about the matter, it went to the spot and took the severely injured Tofazzal to hospital for treatment. The doctors declared him dead.

Tofazzal, according to some in Dhaka University campus, was a mentally unstable person.

The deceased Tofazzal hailed from Kathaltoli union of Pathorghata upazila of Barguna district and he lost his parents long ago.

The proctor said they are preparing to file a police case.

He said the probe committee is headed by residential teacher of Fazlul Haque Muslim hall Dr. Alomgir Kabir.

Six other members of the probe committee are Dr. Mohammad Shafiul Alam Khan, Prof. Johir Raihan, Mohammad Mahabub Alam, Dr. Asib Ahmed, and Dr. Touhidul Islam and AKM Nure Alam Siddique.