Prime suspect Dipti arrested over Sadullapur land dispute killing

The Special Response Battalion (SRB) has arrested Jasijal Haque alias Dipti, 65, the prime accused in a case over the killing of Azizul Haque following a dispute over ancestral land and family matters in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur. He was arrested during a raid in Purba Nayanpur village of Palashbari upazila early on October 17, 2026.

Jasijal Haque, son of the late Azim Uddin and the late Jamila Begum of Isabpur (West) village in Sadullapur upazila, is the first accused in the murder case filed with Sadullapur Police Station.

According to an SRB press release and the case statement, Azizul Haque’s family and the accused’s family had long been in dispute over ancestral land and family matters. Against this backdrop, the accused and his family members entered Azizul’s courtyard at around 1pm on October 14 carrying bamboo sticks, bricks and other locally made weapons. Azizul and his wife, Shapla Khatun, 30, objected when they began building a cowshed there.

The case statement alleges that the accused became enraged and assaulted Azizul and his wife. At one point, prime accused Jasijal Haque struck Azizul on the head with a bamboo stick, leaving him seriously injured. The complaint also alleges that Shapla was beaten and sexually assaulted during the incident.

Local residents took the injured couple to Sadullapur Upazila Health Complex. As their condition deteriorated, the doctor on duty referred them to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment. Azizul died there at 10:39pm on October 15 while undergoing treatment.

His wife, Shapla Khatun, filed a murder case with Sadullapur Police Station. The press release listed the case number as 19.

SRB said it stepped up intelligence surveillance to arrest the accused, considering the seriousness of the case. Acting on specific intelligence, a team from the Gaibandha camp of CPC-3 under SRB-13 raided Taslimul Hasan’s house in Purba Nayanpur village under Palashbari Police Station at 5:20am on October 17. Jasijal Haque alias Dipti was arrested there.

SRB said he was handed over to the relevant police station for further legal action.

In the October 18 press release, signed by the force’s Assistant Superintendent of Police and acting Assistant Director (Media) Muhammad Moniruzzaman, SRB said its operations against serious crimes such as murder, attempted murder, abduction and rape would continue.