4 accused remanded in Shahjahanpur double murder case

A Dhaka court has placed four accused, who were arrested recently, on two-day remand each in a case lodged over sensational murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital's Shahjahanpur area on March 24.

The four accused are-- Mahbubur Rahman Titu, Juber Alam Khan Robin, Arifur Rahman Sohel and Khairul Islam.

Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order as police produced the four before the court and investigation officer and Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Mohammad Yasin Shikder pleaded to place them on five-day remand.

Acting on information gathered from underworld shooter Sumon Shikder Musa, allegedly the mastermind behind the killing, police arrested the four from capital's Motijheel area on July 30.

Musa was named as the main mastermind and coordinator behind the killing, by the actual shooter Masum Mohammad alias Akash. Musa after hiring the killer and arranging arms and gateway bike for the killer, left Dhaka for Dubai on March 12.

Later, he went to Oman and got arrested there on May 12. A team of Bangladesh Police went there and bring him back to the country on June 9.

Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League, was on his microbus destined for his Khilgaon home on the night of March 24. He was shot dead by a masked assailant in the capital's Shahjahanpur area as his vehicle got stuck in traffic.

Rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Prity was also got shot by stray bullets and died on the spot. Tipu's driver Munna got shot on his hand in the incident.

Later, Tipu's wife Farhana Islam Dolly filed the case with Shahjahanpur Police Station.