Online Desk: A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader has been arrested by police from Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj over journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim murder case.
Arrestee Shamim Gazi, 35, is the president of Shadurpara union Chhatra League, a resident of Archakandi of Bakshiganj upazila. He was arrested around 8:30pm on Sunday from Puratan Gohati area under Bakshiganj municipality.
Shamim was not FIR-listed accused but involved in the murder of journalist Nadim, said Bakshiganj Police Station OC Sohel Rana, adding that he confessed to his involvement. With the BCL leader Shamim, so far, total 16 people have been arrested.
Banglanews and Ekattor Television correspondent Golam Rabbani Nadim came under attack at Pathati crossing in Bakshiganj municipal town on June 14 by the followers of Sadhurpara union parishad chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu. He succumbed to his injuries at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital on June 15 while underwent treatment.
Later, a case was filed by Nadim’s wife with Bakshiganj Police Station stating chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu as the prime accused and his son Fahim Faisal Rifat as the accused No. 2. Prime accused Babu was held from Panchagar border on June 17 while fleeing to India.