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Published : 11 Aug 2025, 07:37 PM
A suspect has given a confessional statement in court in the case over the brutal murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin in Gazipur.
Local Metropolitan Court Police Inspector Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury said on Monday afternoon that the case’s investigation officer produced the suspect, Md Shahjalal, before Metropolitan Magistrates’ Court and appealed to record his statement.
The suspect later gave a statement under Section 164 in the private chamber of Judge Md Omar Hayder.
Shahjalal had been on a two-day remand with six other suspects in the case.
Earlier, 38-year-old Tuhin was hacked to death in the busy Chandona intersection around 8pm on Thursday. Police arrested a total of eight people over the incident.
He worked as a staff reporter for the Dainik Protidiner Kagoj in Gazipur and was a resident of Chandona.
He left behind his wife, Mukta Akhter, and two sons, Taufiq, 7, and Fahim, 3.
Two cases have been filed at the Basan Police Station over the incident.
One was filed by Tuhin’s elder brother Md Selim, while the other was filed by the brother of Badsha Mia, who was injured in a separate attack that took place before Tuhin’s murder. The cases list unidentified individuals as accused.
On Friday morning, Tuhin’s postmortem was completed at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue. He was later buried in his village home in Mymensingh.
Those arrested over the incident are: Faisal alias Ketu Mizan (whom police say is the mastermind of the killing), his wife Parul Akhter alias Golapi, Suman, Al Amin, Swadhin, Md Shahjalal, 32, Shahidul Islam, 30, and Faisal Hasan, 23.
Gazipur Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Mohammad Zahidul Hasan said the forensic department of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital handed over the report to police on Sunday night.
The report stated that Tuhin died from injuries inflicted by sharp weapons, the police official said.
“The postmortem found nine severe deep wounds caused by sharp weapons on the victim’s throat, neck, chest, back, and hands.”
He added, “The court needs to know what caused the victim’s death and how it happened. That is why the postmortem report is required.
“Now the police must prove how, when, who, and why journalist Tuhin was killed.”
