Dhaka, April 27 -- A Dhaka court on Monday sent Dr Sudip Chakroborthy, an associate professor of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Dhaka University (DU), to jail in a case filed over the alleged abetment of the suicide of department student Munira Mahjabin Mimo.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ripon Hossain passed the order after rejecting his bail petition.

The investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Kazi Iqbal Hossain of Badda Police Station, appealed to the court to keep the accused in custody.

In the plea, he said primary findings indicate Sudip Chakroborthy's involvement in the incident, while verification of his identity and address is still underway.

The IO also stated that keeping him in jail is ne...