Dhaka, April 27 -- Police have applied to detain Sudip Chakroborthy, an associate professor of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Dhaka University, in a case over the suicide of Munira Mahzabin Mimo, a student of the same department.

The investigating officer of the case, Badda Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Kazi Iqbal Hossain, filed the petition on Monday. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court will hear the petition.

SI Iqbal Hossain said a petition had been filed to detain the accused in jail. If necessary, a remand application will be filed at a later time.

The petition states that a raid was conducted in Dhaka's North Badda area on the basis of a secret tip-off and Sudip was arrested around 3:20pm on ...