He was later turned over to Patenga Police Station for further legal action.
SRB arrests a man accused in the killing of a 26-year-old youth, who was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of bicycle theft in Patenga, Chattogram. Photo: Courtesy
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SRB arrests a man accused in the killing of a 26-year-old youth, who was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of bicycle theft in Patenga, Chattogram. Photo: Courtesy
A man accused in the killing of a 26-year-old, beaten to death on suspicion of bicycle theft in Patenga, Chattogram, has been arrested.
The Special Response Battalion arrested Md Nasir, 22, the third accused in the murder case, during a raid in Suabil union under Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram around 12:30am today (14 November), according to a press release issued by SRB-7.
He was later turned over to Patenga Police Station for further legal action.
SRB-7 said that several people detained Mobarak Islam on suspicion of stealing a bicycle in front of Akbar Ali Building in Charpara area of Patenga around 4pm on Thursday (12 November).
They allegedly took him to a room inside a plastic industry, tied his hands and feet to a window grille with rope and beat him.
At one stage, the attackers allegedly wrapped a rope around his neck with the intention of killing him, leaving him unconscious, said the SRB press release.
On receiving the news, his father rushed to the scene and, with police assistance, took him to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Mobarak was the son of Md Abdul Mabud of the South Beribadh area under Patenga Police Station. He worked as a labourer at a garment factory.
Following the incident, Mobarak’s father filed a murder case at Patenga Police Station, naming four people as accused.
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