Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday evening arrested Ashraful Islam Jitu, the prime suspect in the murder of Ashulia teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar.
RAB-1 of Gazipur Porabali camp arrested him from Nagarhaola village in Sreepur of Gazipur, said Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of the Legal and Media Wing of the RAB.
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Earlier on Wednesday, a Dhaka court placed Ujjal, Jitu’s father, on five-day remand.
Utpal Kumar Sarker, a lecturer in the Political Science Department and chairman of the disciplinary committee at Haji Yunus Ali School and College in Ashulia, died at Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital on Monday.
Tenth grader Ashraful Islam Jitu suddenly struck him with a stump and fled away while he was at a girls’ cricket match on the side of the field.
Utpal's brother Asim Kumar Sarker filed the case with Ashulia police station in this regard.