<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ashraful Islam Jitu, prime accused in a case lodged over beating Ashulia Haji Yunus Ali School and College teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar to death, gave confessional statement before the court.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Rajib Hasan recorded Jitu's statement under section 164 as police produced him before the court after the end of his five-day remand and pleaded to record his statement. After recording Jitu's statement, the court sent him to jail.</div><div><br></div><div>The same court on June 30 placed Jitu, 19, on five-day remand in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Jitu, student of class 10 of Haji Yunus Ali School and College in Ashulia, from his hideout in Sripur area of Gazipur on June 29.</div><div><br></div><div>Another court on June 29 also placed Jitu's father Uzzal Hossain on five-day remand in the case. He was arrested from Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on June 28. Uzzal too, gave confessional statement in the case on July 5.</div><div><br></div><div>Jitu attacked teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar with a cricket stamp, striking him on head indiscriminately on the school field on June 25. Utpal died of his injuries at Enam Medical College Hospital on June 27.</div><div><br></div><div>Utpal's brother Asim Kumar Sarker filed the case with Ashulia Police Station. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>