, April 29 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked twelve people, who were acquitted by the court in a case filed over the murder of a Chittagong Medical College (CMC) student Abidur Rahman Abid in 2011, to surrender before the court.

The HC bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain and Justice Sayed Jahed Mansur passed the order.

The HC also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the acquittal order given by the court should not be cancelled.

Those who acquitted were identified as Mafizur Rahman, VP of the then Student Council, President of CMC unit banned BCL president Sohel Parvez Sumon, general secretary Bijoy Sarkar, vice-general secretary Himel Chakma, Ferdous Russel, Shanta Debnath, Mahfuzur Rahman Dhiman, Nasir uddin Patwar...