Friend held over Rumpa’s death
Police on Saturday detained the boyfriend of Stamford University Bangladesh student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, over her death.
The detained is Abdur Rahman Saikat.
He was taken to the Minto Road office of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman.
Saikat was detained for questioning, said Masudur Rahman.
The body of Rumpa, 22, a second-year English student of Siddheswari branch of the private university, was recovered from an alley of the area on Wednesday night.
Police sent her body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue as an unidentified one. Later, her family members identified the body on Thursday evening.
On Thursday morning, police filed a murder case with Ramna Police Station in this connection.
Claiming that Rumpa, daughter of police Inspector Rokan Uddin, was murdered, her family members and fellows demanded arrest of the perpetrators.
