United News of Bangladesh

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Major (retd) General Golam Mohiuddin Chowdhury over the attack at New Gini Properties in the capital’s ECB Chattar area. Golam Mohiuddin was an ‘ezhar listed’ accused in the case, said deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Akhtar Hossain. However, DB did not disclose when or from where the person was arrested. Earlier, police arrested Shahrier, the suspected mastermind as of the attack and vandalism, at content creator Salman Muqtadir’s Brownfish Studio and the surrounding land at ECB Chattar in the capital. Cantonment Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Gias Uddin said the attack stemmed from a dispute between New Gini Properties Limited, owner of the land where the studio is located, and other landowners in the area. Police said Salman Muqtadir had set up the studio by renting a floor from New Gini Properties. The studio was vandalised during the attack, police said. Salman alleged that a group of people arrived in two trucks and attacked the studio late Saturday night. In a live broadcast from the Brownfish Studio Facebook page, Salman said the studio was completely destroyed. He later alleged that the attackers’ main target might have been the owner of the property, who apparently refused to pay extortion money.  OC Gias Uddin said New Gini Properties, which was in possession of the land and rented out the studio space to Muqtadir, had erected a gate on the land, restricting access for others.