According to the charge sheet, Apratim was beaten to death with bamboo sticks after resisting an attempt to snatch his mother’s mobile phone.
TBS Report
23 October, 2026, 12:15 pm
Last modified: 23 October, 2026, 12:28 pm
Police have submitted a charge sheet in the murder case of Ishayat Shahriar Apratim, 13, the only child of Nahida Begum, an associate professor in the Department of Bangla at Comilla University.
The charge sheet was submitted on Tuesday (20 October), Additional Superintendent of Police Lutfor Rahman confirmed this morning (23 October).
According to the charge sheet, Apratim was beaten to death with bamboo sticks after resisting an attempt to snatch his mother's mobile phone.
Saiful Islam Tuhin, Mozzafar Hossain Fahad and Kamrul Hasan have been directly accused in the case, while Siam was involved in the planning, according to the charge sheet.
Police said Tuhin took Apratim to a secluded forest surrounded by hills in the Sananda area near Lalmai Hill on the afternoon of 18 September.
When Tuhin attempted to snatch the mobile phone, the teenager resisted.
During the ensuing struggle, Tuhin first struck Apratim on the head with a bamboo stick, followed by Fahad and Kamrul.
Apratim died from the attack, the investigation found.
According to investigators, police identified Tuhin after reviewing CCTV footage from nearby areas following the recovery of Apratim's body.
He was taken into custody and questioned.
Based on information provided by Tuhin, police detained Fahad and Kamrul.
They also recovered Apratim's mother's mobile phone during a raid at Tuhin's residence.
Police said Tuhin, Fahad and Kamrul fled the scene with the mobile phone after confirming Apratim's death.
Apratim was a seventh-grade student at Border Guard Public School in Cumilla.
His father, KM Firoz Shahriar, is involved in the mobile phone business and filed the murder case.
Speaking about the charge sheet, Firoz said the investigating officer called him at around 12:30am the previous night to inform him that the charge sheet had been submitted to the court.
"My dreams of living revolved around my son. The killers have taken those dreams away. I want the killers to be brought to justice swiftly," he said.
He expressed hope that the accused would receive the maximum punishment as soon as possible, adding that he did not want them to escape justice because of age differences.