Two held over Chattogram double murder

Police have arrested two people over the double murder that occurred in Chattogram after a car was chased down.

The two were arrested from Khaja Road in Chatgaon and Kanchannagar in Fatikchari in the city on Thursday.

The arrestees have been identified as Md Belal, 27, and Md Manik, 24, reports bdnews24.com.

Police say Belal was "directly involved in the killings" while Manik supplied a motorcycle.

Belal and Manik are involved with notorious criminal Sajjad Hossain aka Chhoto Sajjad, police say.

"Although the two arrestees are not named suspects in the case, we found them to have been involved in the murders," said Inspector Mozammel Haque of Bakalia Police Station. "We uncovered their involvement by scrutinising CCTV footage and call records."

Belal was seen firing a gun in the collected video footage, he said. He fled on a motorcycle after the shooting.

The clothes Belal wore on the  day of the murder have been seized from his house, the inspector said.

Manik was the owner of the motorcycle used for the crime and was involved in "planning the murder", he said. Two people were shot dead and two others injured after a shooting involving a car in the early hours of Mar 31 in the city's Chawkbazar Chandanpura area.

The deceased were Bakhteyar Hossain Manik and Md Abdullah, both between 30 to 36 years of age. The injured were Robin and Hridoy.