A murder case has been registered following the fatal shooting of a young man Rakib at the central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
The victim’s father filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station as the complainant.
Inspector (Investigation) Md Asaduzzaman of Shahbagh Police Station told TIMES of Bangladesh that five to six individuals have been named as unidentified suspects.
So far one person named Shihab Hossain has been arrested. During preliminary questioning, Shihab reportedly admitted his involvement in the killing.
According to police, the incident occurred on Sunday night, when three to four youths allegedly shot Rakib in the head and stabbed him in the right side of his abdomen before fleeing the scene.
Rakib was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s One Stop Emergency Center (OSEC) in critical condition but succumbed to his injuries around 10:30pm.
Authorities suspect that the killing may have been motivated by a past enmity, and the investigation is ongoing as police work to identify and apprehend the remaining suspects.
