The Detective Branch (DB) of the police has arrested three individuals over abduction and murder, and recovered a body in Dhaka.
The deceased was identified as Nurul Amin of Darussalam area. The arrestees are Md Ariful Islam, Md Imran Hossain and Md Yamin Mollah.
Mirpur zonal team of the DB arrested them on Tuesday during separate raids in Darussalam, Mirpur model thana and Shahali areas.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Mirpur zonal team Md Saiful Islam said that on January 2, at 11:30 pm, Nurul Amin went missing from the Darussalam area. His uncle was called from his phone asking for Tk 1 crore ransom. The victim's uncle filed a kidnapping case at Darussalam police station in this regard.
The Mirpur zonal team on the basis of their investigation tracked down the abductors and arrested them. But they were too late to save Nurul Amin.
During primary interrogation it was learned that the arrestees were acquaintances of the victim. They called him to Imran's rented house in Jahurabad area and suffocated him. The body was then dumped in the Jahurabad dam area.
Police later recovered the body based on the arrestees’ statements.
