Sumon Sikdar Musa, a key suspect in the killings of Motijheel Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afnan Jamal Prity, has been arrested in Oman, said police.
A Dhaka court today placed an Awami League leader and four others on a five-day remand in a case filed over killing two people, including former AL general secretary of Motijheel Awami League Jahidul Islam Tipu, in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur on March 24.
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Awami League leader Zahidul Islam Tipu was killed over establishing supremacy in several illegal trades in the Motijheel area, according to Rapid Action Battalion.
His pursuance of a murder case filed after the killing of a close aide was one of the reasons behind Awami League leader Zahidul Islam Tipu murder, said Rab.