Police arrested 17 people, including an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, from different places of Satkhira town on Thursday night for their alleged involvement with the killing Abu Raihan, organising secretary of Debhata upazila Awami League unit.
The arrestees were identified as Manirul Islam, Amzad Hossain, Firoz Alam, Sohrab Hossain, Shahidul Islam, Rafiqul Islam, Abdur Rahim, Abdul Hamid, Nazmul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun, Rabiul Islam, Afsar Ali, Nabab Ali, Alam and Maniruzzaman. All of them are residents of the upazila, reports UNB.
On receiving secret information, a team of police from sadar police station conducted a drive at a village under the upazila and arrested the 17 people at night.
Abu Raihan, 38, organising secretary of the upazila unit of the ruling party, was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants at Parulia Bazar in Debhata on Thursday night over previous enmity.