Court Correspondent :
Police on Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old man as a prime suspect in the killing of another young man in the city’s North Kamalapur two days ago.
The man has been known as Fahim, 22. On September 13, a police team of Motijheel Police Station rescued a seriously wounded man from in front of the Pentagon Hotel at 38 North Kamalapur in the city at around 10.50 pm.
He succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 11.42 pm. Later, the young man was identified as Hriday alias Alif from his mobile phone record. A case was filed with Motijheel Police station the following day.
When contacted, the Officer-in-Charge of
Motijheel Police Station, Md Yasir Arafat said after questioning people around the Pentagon Hotel and examining various information, it has been learnt that arrested Fahim locked into quarrel with Hriday over a mobile phone. At one stage, Fahim hit him on his chest with scissors.
On secret information, Fahim was arrested from Jugantar Street of Motijheel on Wednesday morning. According to his statement, the scissors, which were used in the incident, and the blood-stained T-shirt of Fahim were recovered from a pile of rubbish near the Siraj Bhaban of Motijheel.
During preliminary interrogation, arrested Fahim confessed that he killed Hridoy in a dispute with him over a mobile phone, the OC said.
