Tofazzal murder case: Chargesheet in the case excluding the two main accused Baker and Abdul Quader

BD Digest Report

A court has accepted a supplementary charge sheet filed by the police against 28 people in a case filed in connection with the beating to death of Tofazzal Hossain, a mentally unstable youth and former Chhatra League leader, on suspicion of being a thief at Dhaka University’s Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall.

However, it is learned that Baker and Abdul Quader, who are being discussed as the two main accused in this case, were not included in the charge sheet.

After the hearing on Tuesday afternoon, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Jewel Rana accepted the charge sheet.

At the same time, arrest warrants have been issued against 22 absconding accused.

Jinnat Ali, Sub-Inspector of the Prosecution Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the matter.

The investigation officer of the case, Md. Hannanul Islam, who is the Additional Superintendent of Police of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), submitted this supplementary charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka on December 18, 2025.

According to court sources, a total of 28 people have been named as accused in the charge sheet of the case. Some of them have been arrested and are in jail, while two are out on bail. Arrest warrants have been issued against the rest as they are absconding.

The arrested accused in jail include Md. Jalal Mia, Suman Mia, Md. Mottakin Sakin Shah and Al Hossain Sajjad.

On the other hand, Md. Ahsan Ullah Bipul Sheikh and Wajibul Alam are currently out on bail.

The charge sheet states that on September 18, 2024, at 7:40:10 PM, Tofazzal entered the main gate of the hall. After a while, when he sat on the hall grounds, some students started beating him, suspecting him of being a thief. Later, he was taken to the main building of the hall and interrogated and tortured for a long time.

At some point, some students realized that he had nothing to do with the mobile phone theft. Then, he was taken to the hall canteen and given food. But after eating, he was beaten up again.

The charge sheet further states that teachers tried to rescue him at the scene but initially failed. He was later rescued at around 10:52 pm and taken to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Mohammad Amanullah, supervisor of the Estate Office of Dhaka University, filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station on September 19, 2024 regarding this incident.

Later, when the deceased’s cousin, Mosammat Asma Akhter, filed another case in the same incident, the court took it into consideration and ordered an investigation.

The absence of the names of the two main accused, Baker and Abdul Quader, in the supplementary charge sheet in the much-discussed murder case has sparked fresh discussions on the matter. Many are questioning why they were excluded from the investigation of the case.