Rajib murder: 5 NSU students held

Five North South University students were nabbed Saturday morning from Dhaka in connection with the Feb 15 murder of blogger-architect Ahmed Rajib Haider, a leading figure of the Shahbagh protests.

Detective police told bdnews24.com that the five have been nabbed and sharp weapons were found in their possesion.

Those nabbed were identified as Faisal Bin Nayeem, 22, Maksudul Hassan, 26, Ehsanur Reza Roman, 23, Nayeem Sikder, 19, and Nasir Imtiaz, 22.

They were said to studying in various departments of the North-South University.

Detective Branch said they were picked up during raids at Khilgaon, Kakrail, Baridhara and Panthapath.

Faisal lives in Dhaka’s Matuail, Maksud in Keraniganj, Roman is from Jhenaidah, Nayeem from Brahmanbaria and Nasir from Swandip of Chittagong.

Details would later be revealed in a press conference in afternoon.

Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death in Pallabi of Dhaka in the night of Feb 15 - the tenth day of Shahbagh protests.

Relatives and friends blamed the Jamaat-e-Islami for the murder, saying he was killed for the blogs he wrote to bring 'war criminals' to justice.

Shahbagh's 'Ganajagaran Mancha' described Rajib as ‘the first martyr’ of the movement which seeks death for war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami.

Home Minister MK Alamgir has said seven persons have already been nabbed in connection with Rajib's murder.

A blood stained laptop was found beside his body by the police. Some hairs were found his hand grip that police believes were those of the killers.

A Dhaka court has asked the Forensic Department Chief of Dhaka Medical College to arrange for DNA testing of the blood stains and the hairs.