Probe committee members talk to Abontika's mother

The five-member committee formed by Jagannath University (JnU) authority to investigate the death of their student Fairuz Abontika visited her village home in Cumilla and talked to her mother Tahmina Shabnam on Friday (March 22).

The probe committee headed by its Convenor Prof Md Jakir Hossain came to Abontika’s house in Shasangachha area of Cumilla city on Friday morning and talked to her mother for around two and half hours.

The committee included member secretary and JnU deputy registrar Ranjan Kumar, members Prof Dr Abul Hossain, Prof Mohammad Masud Billah and Dr Johar Ahmed.

Later, the committee also went to Cumilla’s Kotwali Model police station and talked to the investigation officer of the case filed by Abontika's mother on charge of torturing her to death.

The committee also talked to reporters about the progress of the investigation into the suicide of Abontika on March 15 in her Cumilla residence.

Convenor Prof Jakir said, “We are carrying out investigation. We learned a lot from Abontika’s mother after coming to the house of Abontika. We again will go to police, and take statements from police. Besides, we'll take statements from several sources.”

Abontika’s mother said, “I told everything to the probe committee that came from Dhaka. They heard my words and wrote down those.”

Earlier on March 15, Abontika, a student of the 2017-18 academic year of the JnU Law Department, hanged herself to death at her Cumilla residence after accusing her classmate Amman and relieved assistant proctor Din Islam in a Facebook post around 10 pm on Friday.