Sudipto Murder: Another accused held

A Chattogram court yesterday placed Md Shamim, an accused in the murder case of Chhatra League leader Sudipto Biswas on two-day remand.

Detective Branch of police arrested him from port city’s Lalkhan Bazar on Monday, and handed him over to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), the investigating authority of the case, said Inspector Santosh Barua of PBI, adding that Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Sarwar Jahan granted the remand prayer.

Sudipto (28), the assistant general secretary of BCL’s Chattogram city unit, was beaten dead in South Nalapara on October 6, 2017. His father filed the murder case accusing unidentified persons.

Police suspected intra-party feud behind the murder, while friends of Sudipto also blamed followers of Chattogram Awami League leader Didarul Alam Masum.

Masum was held in early August based on statements of other suspects, police said.