Student killed in broad daylight in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ, Dec 29 (UNB): Police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of a college student in broad daylight in Sirajganj district town on Sunday.

The arrestees are Md Ashiq, 22, son of Abdus Sattar of Dhanbandhi Mohalla of the town; Md Shakib Ibrahim, 28, son of Jamal Sheikh of the same Mohalla; and Mehedi Hasan, 18, son of Ujjal Hossain.

Sirajganj Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Nazran Rouf said police conducted raids at various locations throughout Sunday night and arrested them. The arrestees are currently being interrogated, he added.

According to CCTV footage, the victim, 18-year-old Abdur Rahman Riyad, was sitting in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw on Bahirgola Road, a busy Press Club area in the district town, at around 4:30 pm on Sunday.

At that time, several youths approached from different directions and stabbed him repeatedly with locally made weapons inside the auto-rickshaw, leaving him critically injured.

He was rescued and admitted to Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College Hospital in critical condition, where he died later that night while undergoing treatment. The brutal incident quickly went viral on social media.

In this connection, the deceased's father, Rezaul Karim, filed a murder case naming 11 people and 15-20 unidentified individuals as accused.

Abdur Rahman was a first-year student at Islamia Government College.