Staff Reporter:
Members of Jashore district Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested Tridib Chakraborty Mishuk, 30, the alleged main shooter in the murder of BNP leader Alamgir Hossain.
He was arrested around 7pm on Wednesday in the Bejpara Temple area, said Jashore police spokesperson Additional Superintendent of Police Abul Bashar.
Mishuk is the son of Mihir Chakraborty Trinath of the Bejpara Main Road area in Jashore town.
Police said Mishuk was produced before a court on Thursday, where he confessed to his involvement in the murder of BNP leader Alamgir and made a confessional statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The court accepted his statement and ordered him to be sent to jail.
On the evening of 3 January, unknown assailants shot dead Alamgir Hossain in the Shankarpur area of Jashore town. He was the joint secretary of Jashore Municipality BNP’s Ward-7 unit.
Following the killing, the victim’s wife, Shamima Khatun, filed a case naming her son-in-law Parash and another man, Sagar, of the same area, as accused. Several unidentified individuals were also named in the case.
DB Police Sub-Inspector Alok Kumar Dey said that after the murder, CCTV footage from the crime scene and surrounding areas was collected and analysed, leading to the identification of Tridib Chakraborty Mishuk as the shooter.
Using information technology and mobile phone tracking, police located and arrested him, he said.
Police and court sources said Mishuk was produced before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Asadul Islam on Thursday afternoon.
In his confession, Mishuk identified the alleged main planners of the murder as the victim’s son-in-law Parash and Parash’s accomplice Sagar.
After recording the confession, the court ordered Mishuk to be sent to jail, SI Alok Kumar Dey added.
