Police arrest Barguna murder suspect Rishan Forazi

Police have arrested Rishan Forazi, the third key suspect in the daylight murder of Refat Shorif in Barguna town.

A police team arrested Rifat Forazi around 10am on Thursday, according to Superintendent of Police Maruf Hossain.

Rishan is the brother of Rifat Forazi, the second key suspect in the case and nephew of Barguna District Council Chairman Delwar Hossain. The two brothers were the main associate of Sabbir Ahmed, who dubbed himself as Nayon Bond in his crime world.

Rifat Forazi was arrested two weeks ago and Nayon was killed in a so-called gunfight with police.

On Wednesday, police were given five days to grill Ayesha Siddika Minny, the key witness of the case, over her involvement in the murder of her husband Refat Shorif.

On Jun 26, 23-year old Refat was attacked in broad daylight by a group of assailants wielding long, sharp weapons in the town's College Road area as his wife desperately tried to save him.

He later died of excessive bleeding caused from the wounds he sustained during the attack, according to a post-mortem examination conducted at the Barishal Medical College Hospital.

The video of the attack later went viral on the internet and it sparked an outrage across the country.

Refat’s father Dulal Shorif subsequently initiated a case with Barguna police against 12 people. Police so far arrested 14 people in connection to the case. Seven of whom were named in the case.

“Police have arrested 15 suspects, including Minny, the main witness in the Refat Shorif murder case,” said the Barguna SP at the news conference on Thursday.

“Ten of the arrestees gave the confessional statements to the court. Four suspects were remanded. Rishan Forazi will be produced before the court today for seeking remand.”