News Desk :
Another accused in Shahinuddin murder case has been killed in a reported gunfight with Detective Branch of police in Dhaka.
The gunfight took place in Pallabi’s Sagufta Housing area early Sunday, just two days after Md Manik, the fifth accused in the case, was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Mirpur area.
The deceased is Md Monir, whom the law enforcers were hunting for in connection with the murder, reports Bangla Tribune.
Confirming Monir’s death, Pallabi police station duty officer Sub-Inspector Bulbul said the body has been sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College morgue for autopsy.
Law enforcers said Monir and Manik were seen in CCTV footage hacking 33-year-old businessman Shahinuddin in broad daylight in Pallabi area recently in front of his child.
Earlier, RAB arrested prime accused MA Awal, former lawmaker from Lakshmipur 1 constituency, in Bhairab of Kishoreganj on Thursday. He was later taken into remand for four days on Friday.
Also the chairman of Islami Ganatantrik Party, Awal became an MP during 2014-18 when he was the secretary general of Bangladesh Tarikat Federation.
Law enforcement agencies have so far apprehended seven out of the 20 named accused in the case.
Operations have been on to catch other perpetrators, they said.
On May 16, the accused called Shahinuddin on his phone and asked him to come to Mirpur 12 under the pretext of resolving a land dispute.
When Shahinuddin reached the area around 4pm that day, some assailants attacked him, hacking him to death with sharp weapons in front of his seven-year-old son.
Footage of the murder was leaked on social media platforms, leading to widespread outrage.
The victim’s mother, Aklima Begum, filed a murder case with Pallabi police station on May 17.
Awal, managing director of Haveli Property Development Limited, hired a group of miscreants to kill Shahuddin over a land dispute, according to the case document.
