FBI team visits Avijit murder spot

The four-member FBI team that arrived in Dhaka after the murder of blogger-writer Avijit Roy visited the spot on Friday, reports UNB

The US Bureau of Federal Investigation (FBI) team arrived on Wednesday to assist the local law enforcement agencies in investigating the murder case.

The team reached the place of occurrence around 1:35 pm and took photographs there. They also visited Suhrawardy Udyan and Bangla Academy areas where the Ekushey book fair was arranged.

"The FBI team will provide technical support for the investigation into the murder of Avijit Roy," said Krishnapad Ray, the DC of Detective Branch of Police (South), while talking to reporters at the murder spot.

"The team will work alongside the law enforcement agencies of the country," he added.

Earlier Thursday, the FBI team held a three-hour meeting with the detectives at the DB headquarters at Mintoo Road.

Blogger and writer Avijit Roy was killed and his wife Rafida Afrin Banya injured seriously as unidentified criminals stabbed them near the TSC on the Dhaka University campus on February