United News of Bangladesh

Detectives, in a drive, arrested six more people from Kashor in Bhaluka upazila early Thursday in connection with the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh district on December 18. The arrestees are Takbir, 22, of Sunamganj, Ruhul Amin, 42, of Thakurgaon, Nur Alam, 33, of Sadar upazila and Shamim Mia, 28, of Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh district, Selim Mia, 22, of Noakhali and Masum Khalashi, 23, of Madaripur district. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area and arrested them, said a media release of district police on Thursday. The six arrested individuals had forced Dipu to resign from his job, it said. With this, law enforcers have arrested 18 people from different parts of the country. Dipu Chandra Das, 28, a local garment worker, was beaten to death by a mob over alleged blasphemy in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district on Thursday (December 18). His body was later set on fire. A case was filed in this connection the following day.