Ansarullah leader held over publisher Dipan murder

A team of DB South detained Samim alias Somir alias Imran on Tuesday night. Deputy Commissioner (West Zone) Mashrukur Rahman Khaled confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday morning. He said: “Samim is one of the top leaders of Ansarullah Bangla Team and was directly involved with the killing of publisher Dipan.” Bounty was also declared on Samim's head, he added. The DC said details regarding the matter will be disclosed in a press briefing later in the day. Dipan, whose publishing house published a book of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy, was hacked to death in Dhaka's Aziz Supermarket on October 31, 2015.