Staff Reporter:
Police have arrested four people, including an adult and three minors, within 12 hours of the fatal stab-bing of a youth during a Tazia procession in the capital’s Sutrapur area, a press release of DMP said yes-terday.
The arrests were made during overnight drives conducted in different parts of Dhaka between 1:10 am and 7:00 am on Saturday, according to Sutrapur Police Station.
Police said the incident took place on Friday afternoon when a Tazia procession started from Bibika Rowza Imambara in Sutrapur and was heading towards Dhanmondi via Chawkbazar and Lalbagh.
Around 4:45 pm, as the procession was passing Banglabazar, a group of unruly youths allegedly assault-ed and stabbed an unidentified man indiscriminately beneath the Ispahani Building on PK Roy Road.
Police, with the help of locals, rescued the injured man and took him to Mitford Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
The deceased was later identified as Md Zakir Hossain, 31, a cleaning worker of Ward No. 26 under Dhaka South City Corporation.
Following the incident, the victim’s elder brother filed a murder case with Sutrapur Police Station against 14 to 15 unidentified people.
Police said they collected CCTV footage from the scene immediately after the incident and identified the attackers after reviewing the footage and gathering information from various sources.
Based on the investigation, multiple police teams carried out raids across the capital and arrested four suspects directly linked to the killing. The arrestees include Md Rashed, 20, and three children in conflict with the law.
Police also recovered a switchblade knife, a machete, and the clothes allegedly worn by the suspects dur-ing the incident.
