Dhaka – A case has been filed against 18 people in connection with the killing of two people at Rajibpur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur district on Friday, unb news agency reported.
Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said Morshed Alam, brother of the deceased, Ismail Hossain, filed the case against ten identified and eight unidentified people the same night.Police in a drive arrested Belal Hossain, son of late Shah Alam, on suspicion of his involvement in the killing from Uttar Majupur village early Saturday, said the OC.
Earlier, two alleged drug peddlers– Ismail Hossain Manik and Kamrul Hossain– were shot to death by some miscreants at Rajibpur village early Friday.
Bullet-riddled bodies of the two, who had gone out of their houses after getting phone calls on Thursday night, were found next morning.
Both the victims were wanted in several cases filed with Sadar Police Station, added the OC.
Meanwhile, AKM Salahuddin Tipu, convener of the district unit Jubo Dal and Sadar UP chairman, claimed that Manik and Kamrul were activists of the local unit Awami League and they were killed centring a political rivalry.
