Second suspect held with firearm

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detectives have arrested a second suspect in connection with the killing of an Awami League politician and a female college student at Shahjahanpur, reports UNB.

The arrestee is Arfanullah Damal, said Rifat Mohammad Shamim, deputy commissioner of detective branch (Motijheel division).

Following a tip-off, a team from DB Motijheel division conducted a drive in the city's Kamalapur area on Thursday night and arrested Arfanullah. A gun has been seized from his possession, he said.

On March 24, AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was on a microbus, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old college student, who was returning home on a cycle rickshaw, were killed in firing in front of Islami Bank Hospital.