Police have arrested Dr. Hasibur Rashid, former vice-chancellor of Begum Rokeya University (BRU), who was sentenced to ten years in prison in connection with the murder of BRU student Abu Sayeed. He was detained on Saturday night in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka, confirmed Jewel Rana, Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Mohammadpur Zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Legal proceedings following the arrest are currently underway.

On April 9, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Dr. Hasibur Rashid to ten years of rigorous imprisonment for crimes against humanity related to the killing of student Abu Sayeed. In the same verdict, the tribunal handed down death sentences to two former police officers, Amir Hossain and Sujon Chandra Roy, and life imprisonment to three others. The remaining 25 accused received varying prison terms.

The arrest marks a continuation of the enforcement of the tribunal’s verdicts in the Abu Sayeed murder case, which involved multiple defendants and varying levels of punishment.