Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested two madrasa girls on Tuesday who carried kerosene for killing Nusrat Jahan Rafi, report agencies.
The arrestees are Jannatul Afroz, daughter of Abdul Aziz, and Kamrunnahar Monir, daughter of Saleh Amhammad, said PBI sources.
PBI Additional Police Super (ASP) Moniruzzaman confirmed that they were nabbed from madrasa examination centre at Sonagazi in Feni.
Kamrunnahar and Jannatul Afroz were held according to the deposition given by two accused Shahadat Hossain Shamim and Noor Uddin before the court on Sunday.
Kamrunnagar Moni is the niece of Shahadat Hossain Shamim, one of the main accused over Nusrat murder. Kamrunnahar carried 1 litre kerosene on April 6 to the madrasa, PBI said.
With this arrest, police and PBI have so far arrested 16 people in connection with the murder.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the government of Bangladesh should "thoroughly investigate" the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and fairly prosecute all those responsible for the incident.
"The horrifying murder of a brave woman who sought justice shows how badly the Bangladesh government has failed victims of sexual assault," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
"Nusrat Jahan Rafi's death highlights the need for the government to take survivors of sexual assault seriously and ensure that they can safely seek a legal remedy and be protected from retaliation," she said.
The murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was killed after she filed a complaint of attempted rape, should spur the authorities to take concerted action to combat sexual violence in the country, said the New York-based rights body on Tuesday.
"The murder occurred around the fourth anniversary of a case of mass sexual harassment of at least 20 women during Bengali New Year celebrations at Dhaka University on April 14, 2015. In the four years since, there has been little progress in the court case."
"Nusrat Jahan Rafi's cruel death is a sobering reminder of the pervasive risk of sexual violence that is faced by Bangladeshi women and girls," Ganguly said. "The government should ensure justice for her family, urgently put legal protections in place to prevent sexual assault, and provide effective protections to survivors."
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