A month has passed, but the Jagannath University (JnU) committee put together to probe the suicide of law department student Fairuz Sadaf Abontika has yet to submit its report, reports bdnews24.com.
The coordinator of the committee and president of the university's teacher association Prof Zakir Hossain said the report has been delayed as police have yet to fulfil some of their requests for information.
On March 15, the Fire Service recovered Abontika's hanged body from a fan at a home in Cumilla's Bagichagaon. Before taking her life, Abontika posted on Facebook, blaming JnU Assistant Proctor Din Islam and her classmate Amman Siddique for the decision. She said Amman had harassed her with offensive comments and when she took her complaint to Din, he had instead defended Amman and threatened to expel her.
The two have been arrested since and are currently in jail.
The day after the incident, the university administration formed a committee to inquire into her suicide. No deadline was given for the report, but the administration asked that it be submitted 'as soon as possible'.
In the past month, the committee has held nine meetings. They have spoken to Abontika's mother as well as the two jailed suspects. But the investigation has stalled due to complications in securing more information.
Prof Zakir said, "The police have gathered information from the mobile phones of Abontika and the suspects, and also have a post-mortem report. We requested them to share the information for the sake of our investigation, but they are not yet ready to do so."
"We will speak to the police station on Saturday. If they are willing to share the information, then we will send someone over on Sunday or Monday."
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