Rab arrests prime accused from Ctg

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday night arrested the prime accused in a case filed over the murder of Nazmul Hossain. He was hacked to death on January 14 in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila for protesting the stalking of his niece. 

The arrestee is Sumon Pramanik (19) of Rajshahi’s Sultanpur; he was on the run. Chattogram Rab-7 arrested him from the port city and informed Rab-5 in Rajshahi, said Rajshahi Metropolitan Police spokesperson Iftekhair Alam yesterday afternoon.

Earlier, police arrested eight other accused in the case, which was filed by the deceased’s father Shahjahan Ali with Bagha Police Station against 28 persons, naming 23.

Bagha police, quoting locals, said Sumon had been stalking a schoolgirl for some months and her parents complained to Sumon’s parents, which angered him.

On January 14, Sumon and his accomplices stormed into the girl’s house and attacked her father.

When the girl’s brother Tariqul Islam and Nazmul came to intervene, they were attacked too. Nazmul was hacked indiscriminately, which left him critically injured. Later, he was declared dead at Bagha Upazila Health Complex, they added.