The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Hridoy Miazi (23), an accused in the murder of Zahidul Islam Parvez, a student of Prime Asia University, who was fatally stabbed in Dhaka’s Banani area.
Hridoy is reported to be the joint secretary of the Banani unit of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
According to RAB, Hridoy Miazi was arrested on Monday night from the village of Monairkandi in Titas upazila of Cumilla. The joint operation was conducted by RAB-1 and RAB-11. After his arrest, he was handed over to Banani Police Station at around 5:30 PM on Tuesday (22 April).
Hridoy Miazi is the son of Mahbub Alam from Doolbodhi village in the Jagatpur union of Titas upazila. Following the murder, he fled Dhaka and took refuge at the house of his maternal uncle, Harun-or-Rashid Sikder, in Monairkandi village. Using technological surveillance, RAB tracked his location and carried out the operation.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Banani Police Station, Md Russell Sarwar, confirmed that Hridoy Miazi is named in the FIR filed in the Parvez murder case. He has now been formally handed over to the police.
Earlier on Monday morning, police arrested three other suspects in connection with the same case from different areas of the capital. The arrestees are Al Kamal Sheikh alias Kamal (19), Alvi Hossain Junayed (19), and Al Amin Sani (19).
On Saturday afternoon (19 April), Zahidul Islam Parvez was fatally stabbed following an altercation in front of the Prime Asia University campus. He was a final-year student of the Textile Engineering Department. Zahidul hailed from the Birunia union in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh. His father’s name is Jasim Uddin.
Police have stated that on Saturday night, the victim’s cousin, Humayun Kabir, filed a murder case at Banani Police Station. The case names eight individuals, including students of Prime Asia University and several outsiders. Additionally, 20 to 30 unidentified individuals have also been accused in the case.
