Detectives have arrested five more suspects over the murder of an Awami League leader and a female college student in Shahjahanpur area of the capital on March 24. The arrestees are Md Shamim Hossain alias Mollah Shamim,35, Md Taufiq Hasan Babu,34, Md Sumon Hossain Sumon,35, Ehtesham Uddin alias Chowdhuri Apu,37 and Shariful Islam alias Hridoy,27. Police arrested them conducting separate drives in the capital and Jashore's Benapole area on Monday, said Faruk Hossain, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of DMP. Besides, the law enforcers seized 2 foreign pistols, 8 rounds of bullets, 3 magazines and a motorcycle from their possession. Earlier on July 31, DB police arrested two more suspects from the city’s Motijheel area. Police have so far arrested 27 people in this connection, the DMP officer added. Read:Shahjahanpur double murder: 2 more held in city 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 at Shahjahanpur in the city. 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. The following 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. On March 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detectives arrested Arfanullah conducting a drive in the city’s Kamalapur area. On June 9, Sumon Shikdar Musa, the mastermind of Tipu murder, was brought back home from Oman. According to the DB police, Musa went to Dubai on March 12 after hiring one Shamim Molla to kill AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu. Later, he fled to Oman. Following interrogation, police came to know that Musa was the mastermind of the murder and Arfan, Shamim and Manik were involved in the killing. Shamim, who directly took part in the murder, fled to Bhutan after the murder.  

A Dhaka Court on Sunday placed an Awami League leader and four others on five-days' remand over the murder of an Awami League politician and a female college student in Shahjahanpur. The accused are Omar Faruk, 52, general secretary of No 10-ward unit of the Awami League, and Abu Saleh Shikder alias shooter Saleh, 38, Nasir Uddin alias Killer Nasir, 38, Morshedul Alam alias Kayla Palash, 51, and Arfanullah Damal. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur passed the order when the investigation officer Yeasin Shikder, inspector of the Detective Branch of Police, produced them before the court with 10-day remand prayer. On Friday night, the Awami League politician was among four people detained by the elite Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in connection with the Shahjahanpur shooting. Also read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Ruling AL politician among 4 held 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. The next day, a case was filed against unidentified people over the double murder. Also read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Second suspect put on 1-day police remand 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. On March 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detectives arrested Arfanullah conducting a drive in the city’s Kamalapur area. He was placed on one-day remand on Friday.

A teenager died while another person riding pillion sustained injuries when their bike was hit by a bus on the Dhaka-Bagura highway in the district's Shahjahanpur upazila late Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shekh Md Sibgatullah,16, a Class X student of Bogura Cantonment Public School and College.  Hasan Ali (20), the pillion rider, is being treated for injuries at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College. READ: University student stabbed in Bogura The accident occurred at 10.40pm near the Aria Bazar Dakkhin area when the two were on their way to Sherpur from Bogura on the bike. "The Dhaka-bound bus hit them from behind, leaving Sibgatullah dead on spot," said Ariful Islam, sub-inspector at the Shahjahanpur police station. Locals rescued them to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, where the teenager was declared dead on arrival. READ: One dies from Covid-19 in Bogura  "No one has been arrested in connection with the accident," the officer said.

A Swechchasebak League leader on Sunday night was hacked to death in Bogura's Shajahanpur upazila. The deceased was identified as Shihab Uddin Babu, 35, former social welfare secretary of Shajahanpur upazila Swechchhasebak League and owner of Shahidul Matsya Bhandar in Sabrul Bazar of the upazila. READ: Ansar member hacked to death in Rajshahi According to locals, after shopping from Sabrul Bazar, Shihab Uddin Babu was returning home at night. At around 8.30 pm a group of miscreants hacked him with sharp weapon. Due to excessive bleeding, he died on the spot. Soon after the incident the people of the bazar shut their shops and left. Police later recovered the body and sent it to the morgue. Shahjahanpur police sub-inspector Abdur Razzak said police had been deployed in the Sabrul Bazar area. READ: Two farmers hacked to death in Narsingdi Bogra Sadar Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Faisal Mahmud said the body was sent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. An investigation was underway in this regard.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited  (IBBL) inaugurated its banking booth at Nahid Tower in North Shahjahanpur area on Sunday.