Rapid Action Battalion arrested the prime suspect in a murder case filed over land dispute in Lalmonirhat in April from Genda area in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, officials said on Monday.
The suspect, Md Sagar, was arrested during a raid by a joint team of RAB-13 from Rangpur and RAB-4 from Savar on Sunday night, said a RAB press release.
Sagar is a resident of Telipara in Lalmonirhat Sadar, it said.
According to the case statement filed by the victim’s elder brother, Md Ahsan Habib, Sagar and his associates attacked the victim’s family following a longstanding dispute over ancestral property among co-sharers.
The attack took place at around 10:30pm on April 10, when Sagar and his associates, armed with sharp weapons and iron rods, allegedly assaulted Ahsan Habib, his parents and his younger brother, Md Asadul Habib, 30.
Neighbours took the injured family members to a hospital, where Asadul died at around 9:20am on April 11 while undergoing treatment, according to the case statement.
Ahsan filed a murder case with Lalmonirhat Sadar police station the same day.
RAB said it launched the operation after receiving information about Sagar’s whereabouts and traced him to Savar.
Sagar was later handed over to Lalmonirhat Sadar police for further legal action, the release said.
