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2 Mogbhazar triple murders suspects arrested
Police have arrested two suspects of the Moghbazar triple murders early on Saturday.
Published : 30 August 2014, 09:05 AM
Updated : 30 August 2014, 09:09 AM
They are 'Faruk' and 'Sohel'.
Ramna Police Station OC Mashiur Rahman said that they were nabbed from Moghbazar area.
Both are named in the case filed by the victims' relatives, Rahman said, adding the two are accomplices of the prime suspect Kala Babu.
"The two were there during the shooting," he told bdnews24.com.
On Thursday night, a group of unknown assailants entered a house in Sonalibagh and shot dead Ranu, 30, and her tenants, ‘Munna’, 22, and ‘Belal’, 20.
Ranu’s 18-year old brother ‘Hridoy’ was wounded and is now being treated at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
The family immediately blamed local "criminal" Kala Babu, saying he had been demanding money for some time.
A case was lodged at Ramna Police Station on Friday night by Shamim alias Kala Chan, the brother of Ranu.
It accused 15 people for the killing -- Kala Babu, Faisal Ahmed Rony, 'Shahdat', 'Raju', 'Topu', 'Sohel', 'Arif', 'Maruf', 'Billal', 'Thandu', 'Siraj', 'Picchi Rony' and 'Jony'.
According to the case details, Kala Babu had been trying to extort money from Kala Chan following a dispute over possession of a land.
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