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BUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of the university unit, was buried at his village at Raidanga village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people attended the third namaz-e-janaza of Abrar held at the village. Rezaul Karim, vice-principal of Afsar Uddin Madrasa, administered the janaza.
Later, Abrar was buried at his family graveyard around 10:00am.
After the burial, local people staged protests with different placards demanding exemplary punishment of the killers of Abrar, news agency UNB reported.
Earlier, a heart-rending scene was created when an ambulance carrying Abrar’s body reached Kushtia town at around 5:00am. Relatives, neighbours broke down in tears seeing the body of the young boy.
A large number of people attended the second namaz-e-janaza of Abrar held in Kushtia town at around 6:00am.
Deceased Abrar's father filed a case against 19 BCL men with Chawkbazar Police Station on Monday. Police have already arrested nine leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League in connection with the killing.