Law and order
Pabna double murder: No. 9 accused arrested within a day
Translated by Desk Report
The Special Response Battalion (SRB) has arrested Md Musa, 26, the ninth accused in a case filed over the widely discussed double murder in Ataikula, Pabna. He was arrested in a raid within a day of the killings.
An operational team from SRB-12, CPC-2, Pabna arrested him at 6:20am on Sunday (November 1) in the Pushpapara Purba Bangram area under Ataikula Police Station. Company Commander and Assistant Superintendent of Police Dolly Rani Sarkar led the raid.
Musa is the son of Abul Kashem of Dharmagram under Ataikula Police Station.
According to SRB sources, market leaseholder Abdus Salam, 56, and his associate Ripon Hossain, 26, were eating at the temporary market office after activities at Pushpapara market in Ataikula had ended at around 6:35pm on October 29. Unidentified assailants fired indiscriminately at them with firearms in a premeditated attack and fled.
Local residents took the two gunshot victims to Pabna General Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared them dead.
Ripon Hossain’s brother, Md Rubel Hossain, filed a murder case with Ataikula Police Station over the incident.
Musa has been handed over to Ataikula Police Station for further legal action.
