Probe body visits her mother in Cumilla

CUMILLA, Mar 22 (UNB): The five-member committee formed by Jagannath University (JnU) authorities to investigate the death of its student Fairuz Abontika visited her village home in Cumilla and talked to her mother Tahmina Shabnam on Friday.

The probe committee headed by its Convenor Prof Md Jakir Hossain came to Abontika's house in Shasangachha area of Cumilla city on Friday and talked to her mother for around two and a 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 thana 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 probe into the suicide of Abontika.

Prof Jakir said, "We are carrying out investigation. We learned a lot from Abontika's mother after coming to her house. 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."