The police arrested the prime suspect Chandan Das in lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case at Bhairab Railway Station in Kishoreganj early Thursday.
Confirming the arrest, Chattogram Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Kazi Md Tarek Aziz said that he was arrested at about 12:15am on Thursday.
鈥楥handan is now in the custody of Bhairab police station,鈥� he said, adding that Chandan Das, 35, is son of the late Dhari of Methorpatti area in Sevak Colony under the Kotwali Police Station in Chattogram city.
鈥楢 joint team from Bhairab Police Station and Chattogram鈥檚 Kotwali Police Station arrested him on information. In the video footage, he was seen wearing an orange T-shirt and black pants. Chandan Das is being taken to Chattogram for the next legal course of action,鈥� CMP ADC Tarek said.
Saiful, an assistant public prosecutor in Chattogram, was hacked to death during a clash between the members of law enforcement agencies and followers of Hindu community leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari near the Chattogram court area on November 26 while sending Chinmoy to jail in a sedition case.
According to CMP officials, Chandan arrived at Bhairab Railway Station at 7:30pm on Wednesday as his in-laws house is located at Methorpatti, Bhairab.
A total of six cases were filed so far over Saiful Islam Alif鈥檚 killing near court premises, obstructing government duties, vandalism and other charges.
The police have filed three of the cases, victim families filed two cases, and a businessman filed the rest one, while 38 people have been arrested in connection with Saiful killing.
Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy, also a former leader of聽 International Society for Krishna Consciousness in short ISKCON, was sent to jail after his bail plea was rejected on November 26.
On Tuesday, The court of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Saiful Islam rescheduled the bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das for January 2 as no defence lawyer appeared on his behalf.
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Saiful Islam issued the order, said Nesar Ahmed, Nazir of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.
