Main accused in case of killing three brothers arrested
Barishal Bureau
The RAB has arrested two people, including the main accused in the case, in the case of killing two of his brothers and their cousin inside a mosque in the Tekerhat area of Khowajpur, Sadar Upazila of Madaripur.
The arrested are - Hossain Sardar, the accused number 1 in the case, and Sumon Sardar, the accused named in the complaint.
At a press conference at the Rupatali RAB-8 headquarters in Barisal city on Wednesday (March 12) afternoon, Lt. Col. Nistar Ahmed said that a raid was conducted in the Kathaltola area of Ashulia, Dhaka, late on Tuesday night based on a secret tip-off.
At that time, the main accused in the case, Hossain Sardar, was arrested from the Kathaltola Jame Mosque.
At the same time, RAB-8 Madaripur camp members conducted a raid in the Arigao area of Shariatpur and arrested Sumon Sardar, the accused named in the case. Sumon was handed over to Madaripur Police Station. Recently, there was a clash between two clans over sand mining in the area between Mollabari and Sardar Bari in Tekerhat area.
Following this incident, people from Mollabari attacked Sardar Bari with country-made weapons on Saturday morning. To escape the attack, the deceased took shelter in the mosque in front of the house. The attackers entered the mosque and hacked to death the three brothers. Later, the attackers vandalized and looted the houses of the deceased brothers, Ataur and Saiful, set fire to them and fled
