Police have uncovered the murder of Bogra Juba League leader. Police have arrested two people with the knife used in the murder on Saturday.
Abu Taleb, 35, general secretary of Sabgram Port Juba League, was brutally hacked to death by miscreants in front of Akashtara Jute Mill in the city on last Sunday.
Immediately after the incident, Superintendent of Police Md. Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan visited the spot and instructed all concerned to unravel the mystery of the incident and arrest the accused.
The next day, Taleb’s wife filed a murder case at the Bogra Sadar Police Station. The names of three people were mentioned in the case and 7/8 unnamed people were accused.
Bogra Additional Superintendent of Police Sanatan Chakraborty said that under the direction of the Superintendent of Police, several teams were trying to resolve the case and finally arrested those involved in the incident.
In a continuous investigation under the direct supervision of Superintendent of Police Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan, the accused Chan Mia (21) was arrested by a vigilante team of District Intelligence Branch led by Inspector Emran Mahmud Tuhin.
He was Arrested from Barpur area of the city and found wearing blood-stained clothes.
He said the detainees could not change their clothes as they had been on the run since the incident. During the preliminary interrogation, they confessed to being involved in the incident and the knife used in the murder was recovered from them.
The knife used in the murder was confiscated in front of the public in the Akash Tara area adjacent to Bogra- Gabtali Road (along with the warehouse of Asian Paint) from inside the eucalyptus garden as shown by the accused.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sanatan Chakraborty said from the information obtained during the interrogation of the arrested persons that all the three accused in the case were moving together.
They always carry Burmese knives. Although Taleb had a good relationship with the prime accused Firoz Fokra before the murder, there has been a rift recently over various issue, resulting Taleb’s murder.
An operation is underway to arrest the prime accused Firoz. The detainees have been handed over to the court on Saturday.