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he was standing at a corner of the playground during a cricket match.

Meanwhile, Jitu’s father Mohammad Uzzal on Tuesday told another Dhaka magistrate that his son beat the teacher to death as he was aggrieved over “disciplinary actions against him”.

Uzzal added that he hid his son in one of his houses in Ahsulia after police started searching for him. Later, he sent his son to Pabna and he went into hiding in Kushtia to avoid arrest.

Jitu, who beat up Utpal on June 25, was placed on a five-day remand on June 30 after his arrest from Gazipur’s Sreepur.

On June 27, Utpal, lecturer and also chairman of the disciplinary committee of Haji Yunus Ali School and College, died at Enam Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment.

Later, Aseem Kumar Sarkar, the victim’s brother, filed a murder case with Ashulia Police Station accusing Jitu and several unnamed people.