Youth arrested over university student murder in Dhaka

RAB members arrested a youth on Thursday over university student murder in Dhaka.

Dhaka, Oct 7 :  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members  arrested a youth on Thursday for his suspected involvement in the killing of a private university student in the city’s Karwanbazar area on Tuesday.

Tipped off, a team of Rab-2 conducted a drive and arrested Md Tuhin, 20 from Munnunagar area in Gazipur, said a press release of Rab-2.

According to Rab,  during interrogation, Tuhin confessed to  killing Keshob Roy Papon,24, a student of Computer Science department of Sonargaon University, during snatching his valuables.

Further drive to arrest other criminals involved in the murder will be conducted following information gleaned from Tuhin, they said.

On October, 5, Keshob Roy was hacked by some miscreants in front of Hotel Marine at Tejturi Bazar in the city.

The miscreants fled the scene leaving Papon injured. Doctors announced him dead after locals rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

On October 6, Papon’s uncle filed a murder case at Tejgaon police station, reports UNB.