The Special Response Battalion (SRB) has arrested Fayek Sheikh, 43, an FIR-named suspect in the murder case of Humayun Kabir, joint convener of Khulna city Tati Dal.
A joint operational team of SRB-6 and SRB-4 arrested him from Pallabi Police Station area in Dhaka on Tuesday night.
Acting on a tip off, the team conducted a drive at 7:50pm at Road No. 8/77, Block-E, Section-12 under Pallabi Police Station, where he was hiding.
The arrestee, Fayek Sheikh, is the son of Sheikh Idris Ali from the Rayermahal Paschimpara area under Khalishpur Police Station in Khulna city.
According to the case FIR, Humayun Kabir was at his fast-food shop, “Hill Canteen”, behind Rayermahal Boro Mosque in the city on 1 November.
Over previous enmity, suspect Fayek Sheikh along with other accused in the case attacked him with sharp cleavers and Chinese axes. He suffered bloody and critical injuries from random hacks by the attackers.
Local residents rescued him in critical condition and rushed him to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where the duty doctor declared him dead.
Following the murder, the victim’s son, Syed Nur Amin, filed a murder case as plaintiff with Arangghata Police Station under Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP).
SRB authorities said the process of handing over the arrested suspect to Arangghata Police Station is underway for taking further legal action.
