Rooppur Murder: 3 Belarus nationals sent to jail

A murder case has been filed with Ishwardi police station in connection with the death of a Kazakhstan national in Rooppur Residential Project Green city in Pabna.

Shvets Vladimir, 50, an employee of contractor firm NIKIMT at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, was found dead at a house in the Green city. His brother, identified as Amere, was admitted to a hospital with injuries.

A court in Pabna sent three Belarus citizens to jail on Monday, a day after Iurii Fedorov, director of the contracting firm, filed the case accusing them of committing the murder, said Raihan Pervez, sub-inspector of Ishwardi police station.


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The murder suspects are Urbanavichus Vitali, 44, Fedarovich Henadz, 42, and Matsveyeu Uladzimir, 43. They work at Russian company Rossem.

The trio were earlier detained by police and later shown arrested in the murder case.

The body of the Kazakhstan national has been kept at the mortuary of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

In primary investigation, police found that the two Kazakh brothers went to the room of the three Belarus nationals to settle a monetary dispute. At one stage, they got involved in heated arguments.