Police arrested three in separate raids in Khulna district and town’s Mohammadpur areas the day long past by (29 November) in reference to the execute of Bangladeshi-born British citizen Dr AKM Abdur Rashid.
The arrestees had been identified as Md Naeem Khan, 22, Md Zahidur Rahman Rifat, 20 and Md Abu Taher Sikder alias Shaon, 22.
Hazaribagh police arrested the trio in separate raids within the Dumuria build of Khulna and Mohammadpur build of Dhaka, acknowledged Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of Police, Ramna Division, in a press briefing held at the DMP media centre within the capital nowadays (30 November).
He acknowledged police also seized a moving knife extinct within the execute following files extracted from the detained Md Naeem Khan.
How Abdur Rashid used to be killed
The sufferer of the incident, Dr AKM Abdur Rashid, a British citizen of Bangladeshi foundation, lived within the UK many of the year. He extinct to attain to Bangladesh infrequently.
Three to four unknown assailants entered the home of Dr Rashid, situated on West Dhanmondi below Hazaribagh Police Space, around 2:30am on 15 November.
After getting into, the assailants scuffled with Dr Rashid. When his companion, Sufia Rashid, tried to attain ahead from the subsequent room, one in every of the assailants blocked her.
At one stage, the assailants stabbed Dr Rashid within the chest several times with a moving knife. He used to be significantly injured.
The assailants later ran away after his companion screamed for relief.
Seriously injured, Dr Rashid used to be rushed to Dhaka Medical School and Neatly being facility in a bloody impart, the build the on-duty doctor declared him pointless.
The sufferer’s cousin, Md Rezaul Karim, filed a execute case with Hazaribagh Police Space on the day of the execute.
CCTV footage extinct to apprehend suspects
All the contrivance thru the investigation into the case, the criminals taking into account the execute had been identified by analysing the CCTV camera footage at some stage within the scene, files amassed from the sufferer’s tenants and intelligence files.
Naeem Khan and Zahidur Rahman Rifat had been arrested the day long past by from the Shahpur Bazar build of Khulna’s Dumuria.
But any other crew from the Hazaribagh Police Space conducted a raid within the Mohammadpur build of the capital at 03:30am and arrested Abu Taher Sikder, alias Shaon.
Naeem Khan and Zahidur, who lived as tenants in a flat of the sufferer’s home, acknowledged they’d disputes over the famed hire with the sufferer’s companion.
Naeem Khan and Zahidur Rahman Rifat deliberate to enter Dr Rashid’s home and take money to delivery a restaurant trade.
As per the opinion, on 15 November, they entered the home with Abu Taher Sikder alias Shaon by ice climbing over the boundary wall of the sufferer’s home to loot money.
Within the period in-between, the sufferer, Dr Rashid, felt the presence of the arrested criminals when he acquired up to give Tahajjud prayers.
When Dr Rashid tried to prevent them, the arrestees scuffled with him.
At one level, the assailants stabbed him seriously with a moving knife and fled the scene.
