Police have detained five suspects for questioning in connection with the brutal murder of a journalist at the busy Chandna Chowrasta market in Gazipur.
Confirming this on Friday police, however, did not disclose the identities of the detainees.
The deceased Asaduzzaman Tuhin, 32, worked as a staff reporter for Dainik Protidiner Kagoj. Hailed from Bhatipara village in Fulbaria upazila of Mymensingh, Tuhin lived with his family in a rented house in Gazipur city.
Following the post-mortem, the body of the journalist was handed over to the family members and later was taken to Eidgah Ground in Chowrasta for the funeral prayer. The journalist is expected to be buried in his family graveyard in Fulbaria, Mymensingh.
On Thursday (August 7) night, the murder of journalist Tuhin, who was hacked to death, was not related to extortion, but rather to his attempt for recording a video of a terrorist attack involving a woman. The attackers killed Tuhin after he filmed the violent incident, which occurred in Gazipur’s Chandna Chowrasta area.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (North Crime) Rabiul Islam said these things after reviewing the CCTV footage of the scene. The victim’s elder brother, Selim Mia, as a plaintiff filed a case with the Basan Police Station of Gazipur Metropolitan Police regarding the murder.
The police official said a man named Badsha Mia attacked a woman in front of the multi-storey shopping mall Bitan Shapla Mansion at Chandana intersection in Gazipur on Thursday evening .
At that time, some youths, who were with the woman, attacked Badsha with sharp weapons but the man managed to escaped the place and took treatment at Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital. Tuhin was recording the incident on his mobile phone.
The attackers told Asaduzzaman Tuhin to stop recording the video and demanded that he delete the footage. At this point, Tuhin left the scene and moved to the Mosque Market on the nearby road.
The attackers followed Tuhin to the Mosque Market, where he ran into a nearby tea stall for shelter. However, they chased him down, hacked him to death, and fled the scene.