Police have detained three people in connection with the killing of a Dhaka University (DU) student.
Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station Md Khalid Mansur told UNB that several police teams launched a special drive shortly after the murder in different areas.
The trio was detained from the Green Road and Rajabazar areas, he said, expressing reluctance to disclose the identities of the detainees for the sake of investigation.
Primarily it was known that the detainees were involved in the murder and drives were ongoing to detain the rest of the accused, said the OC.
Victim Shahriar Alam Samyo, 25, a student of the 2018–19 academic session of the International Relations department, died after being stabbed by miscreants near the Suhrawardy Udyan area adjacent to the campus late Tuesday night.
Private university student stabbed dead on campus in Dhaka
He was a resident of room 222 of F Rahman Hall and hailed from Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj.
According to police, the incident took place around midnight when Samyo was passing by the Mukta Mancha area of Suhrawardy Udyan on his motorcycle.
An altercation reportedly broke out following a collision with another bike.
The dispute escalated into a scuffle, during which Samyo was stabbed in the right thigh with a sharp weapon. The attacker then fled the scene.
His classmates rushed him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition, where doctors later declared him dead.