Nine people including the prime accused in Swechchasebak Dal leader Nure Alam Tanu Bhuiya killing case have been arrested from Indurkani upazila of Pirojpur district on Saturday night.
The arrestees were Farid Sheikh, 28, prime accused and son of Tutul Sheikh, Manir, 26, son of Jamal Mistri, Ratul, 27, son of Ali Akbar, Sirajul, 27, son of Sobhan, Alamin, 30, son of Esmail, Sumon, 26, son of Rustam Ali, Mukul Sheikh, 53, son of Moslem Sheikh, Kabir, 50, son of Sobhan Sheikh and Sohagh, 25 of Bagerhat district town.
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Acting on secret information, a joint team of police, Rab and DB conducted a drive and arrested them at night, said KM Ariful Haque, superintendent of Bagerhat Police while talking at a press briefing on Sunday.
Most of the arrestees confessedto their involvement in the killing, he said.
All of them will be produced before Bagerhat Chief Judicial Magistrate Court with a seven-day remand prayer, he added.
Nure Alam, general secretary of Bagerhat unit Swechchasebak Dal was shot dead following an enmity over establishing supremacy and previous enmity.
Police recovered one pistol, one magazine and one bullet used during the killing from the possession of the arrestees.
Later, a murder case was filed against 17 identified people and 7-8 unidentified people with Bagerhat Model Police early Sunday.