Dhaka: A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive on the government to arrest the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu within 24 hours.

Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, moved the HC with the writ petition seeking its order on the government to arrest the culprits and form a judicial probe body to investigate the murder incident, reported UNB.

Seven government officials, including the cabinet secretary, home secretary, inspector general of police and area commander of Comilla Mainamati Cantonment, have been made respondents to the writ.

An HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul Haq may take the petition for hearing tomorrow, said Eunus.

Sohagi Jahan Tonu, 19, a second year History student of Comilla Victoria College, and a member of Victoria College Theatre, was found dead on 20 March, hours after she had gone out of her home at Comilla Mainamati Cantonment for private tuition.

Later, Tonu’s father, Yar Hossain filed a murder case with Comilla Kotawali Police Station.

Tonu’s mysterious death triggered countrywide outcry with protesters seeking exemplary punishment of her killers.

A joint CID team of Dhaka and Comilla visited the crime scene in Comilla Moinamoti Cantonment and nearby areas on Saturday.

Kotwali Police Station in the city and local Detective Branch (DB) of police investigated the case filed by Yaar Hossain, an employee of Comilla Cantonment Board.

On 26 March, the family members, including the parents, were brought to the office of RAB 11 in Comilla city at about 3:30am from their Mirzapur village home in Muradnagar upazila.

They went to the village to bury the 19-year-old college student.

The RAB members dropped them at their Comilla Cantonment residence at about 5:00am after the interrogation, family members said. Khorshed Alam, commander of RAB 11 in Comilla, confirmed this.

Again in the afternoon the same day, detectives took the family members from the Cantonment house to Kotwali Police Station for interrogation.

Visiting the crime scene on Thursday, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman said the family of the victim should not be harassed in the name of collecting information or by any means.

The body of Tonu was exhumed on Wednesday for a fresh autopsy as police say they found the first one not matching their inquest report.

However, the findings of the first autopsy were not made public.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at a programme in the capital on Saturday said, ‘The way the investigation is going on, soon we will be able to disclose how the murder was committed and who were involved.’