Police have arrested Jubo League activist Jasim and his son Mohammad Rahat, 23, the main accused in the murder case of Chattogram Awami League leader Mohammad Hossain Manna.
They were arrested from Bhairab Police Station area of Kishoreganj on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
More details will be announced at a press briefing tonight (Tuesday) at 10:30 pm, Additional Deputy Commissioner (media and PR) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Spina Rani Pramanik told the media on Tuesday afternoon.
Manna, member of the organising committee of Saraipara Ward Awami League, was stabbed to death on Sunday on the road next to Saraipara Haji Ashraf Ali Road Madrasa (Lucky Hotel Galley) in Pahartali of Chattogram.
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According to local sources, there was a dispute between local Jubo League leaders Jasim and Manna over the distribution of election money of Awami League MP Mohiuddin Bachchu in the recent by-election to Pahartoli Double Mooring parliamentary constituency.
Nurul Amin, a ward councillor of Ward-12, tried to resolve the dispute but failed. Jasim claimed that Manna embezzled Tk 8,000 brought for election workers. There was also a fight between the two sides over the dispute. Later, Manna filed a case at Pahartali Police Station over the matter.
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On Sunday afternoon, when the police came to investigate the case, a fight broke out between the two men and soon after the police left, Manna was stabbed to death in a fight between the two parties.
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Manna's family later filed a murder case at Pahartali Police Station.