Online Desk: The lone accused has been arrested for brutally hacking a college girl to death and injuring her mother and three sisters at Salna in Gazipur district. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 arrested the accused house-tutor who allegedly hacked the college girl to death after she refused outright to marry him.

The accused was Md Saidul Islam, 25, son of Fazlur Rahman of village Maheshtara under Muktagachha upazila in Mymensingh. He is a madrasa teacher at Dakshin Salna area. He was arrested from Bhuapur in Tangail, RAB-1 said. Legal and Media Wing of RAB Headquarters confirmed it on Wednesday (May 10) night.

Earlier at about 8:00pm on Monday (May 8) night, Saidul hacked college girl Rabeya Akter to death entering her home at Dakshin Salna in Gazipur after the girl refused his marriage proposal. Her mother and three sisters were also hacked as they opposed him, leaving them injured. Of them, the college girl’s mother is currently undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a hospital.

Saidul fled the spot immediately after killing the Rabeya Akter. Later, the deceased’s father filed a case with Gazipur Sadar Police Station. The deceased Rabeya Akter, 21, was a very meritorious student. She was the daughter of Abdur Rouf of Dakshin Salna area of Gazipur. He was a second-year student of honors at Bhawal Badre Alam Government College of Gazipur. The injured were known as Rabeya’s mother Insuret Nesa, 50, sisters Habiba, 18, Khadiza, 15, and Jannat, 13.