A Dhaka court on Friday placed Arfanullah Damal, the second suspect in the murder of an Awami League politician and a female college student in Shahjahanpur, on one-day police remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yeasmin Ara passed the order. Read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Second suspect held with gun Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detectives arrested Arfanullah conducting a drive in the city’s Kamalapur area on Thursday night, said Rifat Mohammad Shamim, deputy commissioner of the detective branch (Motijheel division). A gun was seized from his possession, he told UNB. A case was filed against Arfanullah under the Arms Act at the Motijheel police station today. On the night of March 24, AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was on a microbus, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old college student, who was returning home on a rickshaw, were killed in firing in front of Islami Bank Hospital. Tipu was a former general secretary of the AL Motijheel committee and Priti was a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College. Tipu’s driver was also injured in the firing. They were all stuck in a traffic jam in the area when a biker wearing a helmet and a mask appeared from nowhere and fired at them. Read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Prime accused put on 7-day police remand The next day, a case was filed against unidentified people over the double murder. On March 27, police arrested Akash, 34, the prime accused in the double murder case from Bogura district. The next day, a Dhaka court placed Akash on a seven-day police remand for custodial interrogation.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detectives have arrested a second suspect in connection with the killing of an Awami League politician and a female college student in Shahjahanpur. The arrestee has been identified as Arfanullah Damal, said Rifat Mohammad Shamim, deputy commissioner of detective branch (Motijheel division). Following a tip off, a team from DB Motijheel division conducted a drive in the city’s Kamalapur area on Thursday night and arrested Arfanullah. "A gun has been seized from his possession," he told UNB. A case will be filed against Arfanullah under the Arms Act at the Motijheel police station, and he will be subjected to custodial  interrogation, post his production in a court, the deputy commissioner said. Also read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Prime accused put on 7-day police remand On the night of March 24, AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was on a microbus, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old college student, who was returning home on a cycle rickshaw, were killed in firing in front of Islami Bank Hospital. Tipu was a former general secretary of the AL Motijheel committee and Priti was a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College. Tipu’s driver was also injured in the firing. They were all stuck in a traffic jam in the area when a biker wearing a helmet and a mask appeared from nowhere and fired at them. Also read: Case filed over Shahjahanpur double murder The next day, a case was filed against unidentified people over the double murder. On March 27, police arrested Akash, 34, the prime accused in the double murder case from Bogura district. The next day, a Dhaka court placed Akash on a seven-day police remand for custodial interrogation.

A Dhaka court on Monday placed Masum Md Akash, the prime accused in the murder of an Awami League politician and a female college student in Shahjahanpur, on a seven-day police remand. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain passed the order when DB inspector Yeasin Shikder produced him before the court with 15-day remand prayer. Police on Sunday arrested Akash, 34, from Bogura district. Also read: AL politician among two dead in Dhaka shooting AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was in a microbus, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old college student, who was in a rickshaw on Thursday night were killed in firing, police said. During police interrogation, Akash admitted that he followed Tipu to kill and when the vehicle carrying Tipu reached near Shahjahanpur Rail gate he opened fire on him. Akash was also wanted in four other criminal cases, said police. Tipu was a former general secretary of AL Motijheel committee and Priti was a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College. Tipu’s driver was also injured. The crime occurred in front of Islami Bank Hospital around 10.15pm when Zahidul was returning home in his microbus and Samia on a rickshaw with her friend, police said. They were all stuck in a traffic jam in the area when a biker wearing a helmet and a mask appeared from nowhere and fired at them. Also read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Main accused held The three sustained bullet injuries and were soon rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where Zahidul and the student died of their injuries hours later. Later a case was filed against unidentified people over the double murder on Friday.

Police said on Sunday that they arrested the prime accused in the killing of an Awami League politician and a female college student in city’s Shahjahanpur from Bogura district on Sunday. Arrestee Masum Mohammad Akash, 34, admitted to have shot and killed AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was in a microbus, and Samia Afrin Preeti, a 22-year-old college, who was a rickshaw stuck in a jam on Thursday night, police said. Tipped off, Khilgaon Zonal team of Detective Branch (Motijheel Division) under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), conducted a drive in Bogura district with the help of local police and arrested Akash, said Faruk Hossain, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. During police interrogation, Akash admitted that he followed Tipu to kill and when the vehicle carrying Tipu reached near Shahjahanpur Rail gate he opened fire on him. Akash was also wanted in four other criminal cases, said police. Read:Shahjahanpur murders: Perpetrators not to be spared Briefing reporters at DMP media centre on Sunday afternoon, Additional Commissioner (DB) of the DMP KM Hafiz Akhtar said the day before the killing shooter Akash planned to kill him. He followed Tipu when he was on his way home from a restaurant but failed because there were too many people. After the killing, the shooter Masum was supposed to leave the country through the border. For this reason, he left for Joypurhat by a rented car on the day of the incident. He was supposed to cross the border from there. Unable to go on the first day, Masum moved to Bogra. The next day he was to cross the border to India. Later, a team of Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police arrested Masum with the help of Bogra district Superintendent of Police (SP), he said. Hafiz said one of Akash's associates was also behind the incident and he would be arrested. Police also hope to find the motorcycles and weapons used in the murder. Asked how much money was contracted for Tipu's murder, the DB chief said it was not known how much. However, there are several cases in the area against arrested Akash. He got the contract to kill Tipu to escape from those cases, he added. On the day of the incident, on March 24, an unidentified person stayed at the Grand Sultan restaurant owned by Tipu and started to update Akash. The shooter then shot and killed Tipu on his way home. Preeti Jamal, a ricksha passenger and also a college student, killed in the same firing. Replying to another question, Hafiz said, "Our data, the information obtained from the investigation, the information collected from the previous day all tell us that Akash was the shooter in Tipu's murder." He also admitted that he fired the shots. According to DB, Akash runs has a dish cable business in Goran area of the capital. After he called his wife after the killing, it was confirmed that he had killed Tipu. Read: Case filed over Shahjahanpur double murder Tipu was a former general secretary of AL Motijheel committee and Priti was a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College, were killed. Tipu’s driver was injured. The crime occurred in front of Islami Bank Hospital around 10.15pm when Zahidul was returning home in his car and Samia on a cycle rickshaw with her friend, police said. "They were all stuck in a traffic jam in the area when a biker wearing a helmet and a mask appeared from nowhere and fired at them. The three sustained bullet injuries and were soon rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where Zahidul and the student died of their injuries hours later. Later a case has been filed against unidentified people over the double murder on Friday.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said those involved in Thursday's double murder in the capital's Shajahanpur area will be brought to justice and no offender will be spared. "Criminals will be brought to justice, no matter who they are,” he said while talking to reporters at his Dhanmondi residence on Friday evening. Detective Branch (DB) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) are working to find out the culprits, he added. Read: Case filed over Shahjahanpur double murder Law enforcers will soon be able to unearth the reason behind the incident, the minister hopes. Earlier, Zahidul Islam Tipu, former general secretary of AL Motijheel police station committee, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College, were killed while his driver was injured when an assailant allegedly opened fire at them in the capital's Shahjahanpur area on Thursday night.

A case has been filed against unidentified people over the murder of an Awami League politician and a female college student who were killed in the Shahjahanpur area on Thursday night. The deceased Zahidul Islam Tipu's wife Farhana Islam Doli filed a murder case with Shajahanpur police on Friday, said Monir Hossain Molla, officer-in-charge of the police station. Tipu had received death threats over the telephone four or five days ago, according to the statement. Earlier on Thursday night, Zahidul Islam Tipu, former general secretary of AL Motijheel police station committee, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College, were killed while his driver was injured when an assailant allegedly opened fire at them in the capital's Shahjahanpur area. Read: AL politician among two dead in Dhaka shooting The crime occurred in front of Islami Bank Hospital around 10.15pm when Zahidul was returning home in his car and Samia on a cycle rickshaw with her friend, police said. "They were all stuck in a traffic jam in the area when a biker wearing a helmet and a mask appeared from nowhere and fired at them. The three sustained bullet injuries and were soon rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where Zahidul and the student died of their injuries hours later.