Hassan taken on remand again

Dhaka, June 24 (bdnews24.com) ? Hassan Syed, the husband of tortured Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, has been put on a one-day remand.

Dhaka's metropolitan magistrate Utpal Chowdhury on Friday granted the Detective Branch (DB) to remand him again when he was produced before it for hearing.

Bahauddin Faruqi, a DB sub-inspector and the investigation officer, sought 10 days for questioning him in the attempt-to-murder case, filed by the victim's father on June 6.

Hassan's lawyer Bipul Debnath submitted a bail petition, which was turned down by the court.

Earlier, Hassan, 38, was remanded thrice for a total of five days.

Absconding since June 5, Hassan was arrested on June 15 after he allegedly tried to gouge his wife's eyes out and chewed part of her nose off.

Assistant professor of international relations of Dhaka University, Rumana was taken to Chennai, India for better treatment on June 14, as doctors said the tissues of the victim's eyes had got badly ruptured in the attack.

Indian doctors told Rumana she had lost both her eyes.

After arrest, Hassan claimed she had an affair with an Iranian, whom she had met while studying in Canada.

Rumana is now under treatment at the capital's Lab Aid Hospital.

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Hassan grilling after Rumana returns: DB

Dhaka, June 19 (bdnews24.com) ? Hassan Syed, the husband of tormented Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, will be grilled after she returns from India on Tuesday, a senior officer of the Detective Branch (DB) of police has said.

"Rumana will return on Tuesday. Syed will be quizzed after that," DB deputy commissioner Monirul Islam told bdnews24.com on Sunday.

"Though Syed admitted to the attack, we'll speak to Rumana about when and how he attacked her. The entire incident will be matched after speaking to her," he said.

The detective said Syed, who claimed to have passed out from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), had not completed his studies in the university.

"He stopped studying after completing his third year in electrical engineering department. We'll check how true his claim that he stopped studying for weakening eyesight is," he said.

"It was understood during the remand that Syed had been suffering from inferiority complex," Islam added.

Earlier, a Dhaka court granted Bahauddin Faruqi, a DB sub-inspector and the investigation officer, one day to question Syed in the attempt-to-murder case filed by the father of the victim on June 6.

Hassan, 38, was produced before the court on completion of his two-day remand.

Absconding since June 5, Hassan was arrested on June 15 after he allegedly tried to gouge her eyes out and chewed part of her nose off.

Assistant professor of international relations of Dhaka University, Rumana was taken to Chennai, India for better treatment on June 14, as doctors said the tissues of the victim's eyes had got badly ruptured in the attack.

After arrest, Hassan claimed she had an affair with an Iranian, whom Rumana met while studying in Canada.

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Hassan on fresh remand

Dhaka, June 19 (bdnews24.com)?Detectives have got another day to question Hassan Syed, husband of tormented Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur.

Dhaka's chief metropolitan magistrate Shahriar Adnan on Sunday granted the Detective Branch (DB) the one-day remand.

Bahauddin Faruqi, a DB sub-inspector and the investigation officer, sought 10 days for questioning him in the attempt-to-murder case, filed by the father of the victim on June 6.

Hassan, 38, was produced before the court on completion of his two-day remand.

The investigator in the remand petition said it was necessary to further question him to check Rumana's Facebook and e-mail accounts. Hassan knew passwords to the accounts, he added.

Hassan's lawyer Monwar Islam Chowdhury appealed that he be grilled at the jail gate alleging that he was beaten during the remand.

Terming the torture on Rumana 'not a murder attempt', Monwar said there was no reason to remandi him again.

"She (Rumana) led her life in a western style. Her husband became sick due to her affair," he said.

Earlier, a Human Rights Foundation petition to list it as one of the plaintiffs in the case was granted. Lawyers Mahmuda Akter and Shammi Akter argued for the organisation.

Absconding since June 5, Hassan was arrested on June 15 after he allegedly tried to gouge her eyes out and chewed part of her nose off.

Assistant professor of international relations of Dhaka University, Rumana was taken to Chennai, India for better treatment on June 14, as doctors said the tissues of the victim's eyes had got badly ruptured in the attack.

After arrest, Hassan claimed she had an affair with an Iranian, whom Rumana met while studying in Canada.

He said, "I requested her to discontinue the relations with the Iranian guy and deleted his name from her Facebook friends' list on June 5 when she was in bathroom."

"Finding the Iranian guy's name deleted, she attacked me and we had a scuffle," Hassan added.

The incident has sent a shock wave across the country, with Dhaka University teachers and students, civil society members and people of all walks of life condemning it.

The University of British Columbia, where Rumana is completing a master's degree in political science at its Vancouver campus, has also condemned the brutal attack.

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