Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested three more people in connection with the attack on the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area.
With the latest arrests, the total number of arrestees has risen to 31.
The arrestees are Mohammad Jakir Hossain Shanto (29), Mohammad Swapan Mondol (30) and Niaz Mahmud Farhan (21).
Quoting the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit DMP’s DC (Media) Talebur Rahman on Wednesday evening said Jakir Hossain Shanto was arrested on Tuesday from Bailey Road area, while Swapan Mondol from Abdullahpur Mor area under Tongi Police Station in Gazipur district.
Meanwhile, a team of the DB Cyber North Division under the DMP arrested Niaz Mahmud Farhan early Tuesday during a drive in Bhola district.
The arrestees have been produced before a court, police said.
