Body of KUET teacher buried again after autopsy
The body was buried at a graveyard at Banshgram village under Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia district at about 8:00pm on Thursday in presence of a team from Kumarkhali Police Station.
Khulna’s Khanjahan Ali Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Prabir Kumar Bishwas confirmed the matter.
He said after being exhumed on Wednesday, the body was first taken to Kushtia General Hospital and then, sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Conducting an autopsy there, the body of professor Selim, later, was handed over to his family, OC Prabir said.
Later, Khulna Khanjahan Ali Police Station inspector (investigation) Shahriar Hasan pleaded before a court for conducting an autopsy after exhuming the body from the grave.
On December 3, the authorities closed the university until December 13 and instructed students to leave their respective halls by 4:00pm on the day. The closure, later on December 12, was extended till December 23.
The development came as a tense situation has been prevailing on the campus since the death of professor Selim on November 30.
He was also the provost of Lalan Shah Hall of the university.
Students and teachers alleged that the BCL activists mentally tortured him centering an election of dining manager of the hall.
The KUET Teachers’ Association had called for abstention from academic activities over the death until an action is taken after scrutinizing the CCTV footage.
