A suspected accused, arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist Swapan Bhadra, gave his deposition before the court in Mymensingh, Bangladesh on Sunday.
Mymensingh chief judicial magistrate recorded the deposition of Md Sagar, 20, in the afternoon, said officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station Shafiqul Islam Khan.
Besides, Sabita Rani, wife of journalist Swapan, filed a case against Sagar and three more unidentified people.
Swapan Bhadra, 55, son of Jagesh Chandra Bhadra and a former vice president of the Tarakanda Press Club, was hacked to death following an old feud in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh, on Saturday morning.
Bhadra was actively involved with both local and national newspapers.
According to police and local sources, Bhadra was known for his outspoken stance against extremism and drug trafficking in the area. He had a long-standing dispute with a local drug dealer named Sagar.
Sagar, a listed criminal, had long been involved in drug peddling.
Around 11:00am on Saturday, while Bhadra was reading a newspaper outside his home, Sagar attacked him with a knife, leaving him with fatal injuries.
Locals rushed him to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
