The body of a final-year student at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) was recovered from the Padma River on Friday.
The student, Tariquzzaman Sunny, went missing while bathing in the river with his friends at Moinot Ghat in Dhaka's Dohar Upazila on Thursday afternoon, said police.
Later on Friday afternoon, Sunny’s elder brother Hasanuzzaman filed a murder case and then police arrested 15 friends of Sunny.
On Saturday, Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Kazi Ashrafuzzaman placed 15 accused on a three-day remand each in a case filed over the death, reports UNB.
Those remanded are -- Shariful Hossain, Shakil Ahmed, Sezan Ahmed, Md Rubel, Md Sajib, Md Nuruzzaman, Md Nasir, Md Maruf, Md Ashraful Alam, Jahangir Hossain Liton, Md Noman, Md Jahid, ATM Shahrier Momin, Maruful Haque, and Roukanuzzaman alias Jitu.
Earlier, sub-inspector Shamsul Alam, also the investigating officer of the case, produced all of the accused before the court and sought a seven-day remand for each.