Four people arrested

Four people have been arrested from different parts of the capital and Gazipur in connection with the murder of BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mazumdar on January 5.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-1 arrested the four during a 10-hour drive from Tuesday evening, said a Rab press release yesterday.
The arrestees are Lipi Akhter, 46, mother-in-law of Rafiqul, Mohammad Ali Mohabbat, 36, Fazlur Rahman, 53 and Mizanur Rahman alias Montu, 41, added the release.
Rafiqul, member secretary of ward no- 56, Dhaka unit of BNP and vice-president of Dhaka's Bangabazar Super Market Traders' Association, was abducted from his in-law's house in Anandanagar village in Jhenidah district on January 5.
His body was found later that night in Adabaria village of Kushtia. A pair of handcuffs was found dangling from his wrist with the word “police” inscribed on it.
According to Rab Rafiqul had forced his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to engage in extra-marital affairs with him. As a result, Lipi had hired eight men, including the three arrested, for Tk 2 lakh to abduct and kill Rafiqul.
However, Lipi had told The Daily Star that seven people identifying themselves as Rab officials, picked Rafiqul up from her house, handcuffed him and left within 15 minutes.
Also, a family member wishing anonymity refuted Rab's claims and said Rab had been harassing the family since the murder.