Police will submit the charge sheet in the murder case of seventh-grade student Apratim this week, Cumilla Superintendent of Police Md Anisuzzaman said on Saturday.
He said the investigation had reached its final stage and the charge sheet would be submitted to court within the current week.
Speaking at a press conference on the killing of Jubo Dal leader Abu Kawsar, the SP also announced the arrest of the prime accused and his brother in connection with the murder.
The arrestees are Touhidul Islam alias Touhid and his brother Tanjir. Kawsar was hacked to death in the Chhatrakhil area of Cumilla city on Friday.
According to the SP, police arrested Touhid in Nurpur, while members of the SRB arrested Tanjir in Brahmanbaria.
Touhid faces seven cases, including a murder case, while one case has been filed against Tanjir, Anisuzzaman said.
Land dispute behind killing
The SP said Kawsar was killed in a premeditated attack with sharp weapons over a dispute involving him and another person, Shamim, over Water Development Board land opposite the Chhatrakhil Model Mosque in Cumilla Sadar upazila.
A murder case has been filed with Kotwali Model Police Station over the incident. Police are conducting operations to arrest the other suspects involved in the killing, he added.
An autorickshaw driver was also seriously injured in the incident but is now out of danger, the SP said.
SRB Cumilla Company Commander Major Sadman Ibne Alam and Additional Superintendents of Police Lutfur Rahman and Pankaj Barua were present at the press conference.
