Police have arrested the main suspect in the murder attempt of a church priest in Pabna.
Rakibul Hasan, the Pabna regional commander for outlawed militant outfit JMB, was arrested in Pabna Sadar upazila's Majidpur area Wednesday. A team of Sadar police and district DB police acted on a tip-off to make the arrest, said Pabna Additional Superintendent of Police Liton Kumar Saha.
Rakib – who also uses the aliases Tawhid or Rajon or Rafiq – was the mastermind behind the attack on priest Luke Sarker, the police official said.
Law enforcers are now taking Rakib with them to conduct different drives, Liton added.
On October 5, three men attempted to kill Luke Sarker, the priest at Ishwardi's Faith Bible Church, by slitting his throat; they fled after the priest shouted for help.
The same day, Luke filed a murder attempt case with the police. Law enforcers later arrested five Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh members for their alleged involvement with the murder attempt. One of the arrestees have already confessed.