Former army member Shahin Alam, the third suspect in the murder case of Comilla Victoria Government College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, has fled to Kuwait. According to the report, he left the country after the current government brought renewed momentum to the long-stalled investigation. Tonu’s mother, Anwara Begum, expressed anger over his escape, questioning how he managed to leave despite a travel ban on all suspects and demanding his immediate repatriation for trial.

Shahin Alam previously served in the 2 Signal Battalion at Comilla Cantonment and retired early, citing physical unfitness. He later established a cattle farm and a feed shop named “Messrs Sumaiya Agro” in his home village of Gobindapur, which has since closed after his departure. The investigation officer, Tariqul Islam, had submitted his name as one of three former army personnel suspected in the case and sought a court order for his DNA collection and arrest warrant.

Investigators traced Shahin’s last known mobile location to Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. His phones are now switched off, and his whereabouts remain unknown.