Police have arrested the prime accused of a case filed over the killing of a dentist by muggers at the capital's Shewrapara.
The accused, Md Ripon, was arrested on Wednesday, said the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
He was arrested from the Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi, DB North Joint Commissioner Md Harunur Rashid told at a press briefing on Thursday.
On March 27, dentist Ahmed Mahi Bulbul was heading towards Mirpur’s Shewarapara bus stand on an auto-rickshaw in the morning,
As he reached Kazipara Begum Rokeya Sarani Road, five muggers intercepted the vehicle and attempted to snatch his valuables. At one point, the muggers stabbed the doctor as he resisted.
He was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
A case was filed at Mirpur model police station upon receiving a complaint from Bulbul’s wife.
On March 30, DB Mirpur zone team arrested four people in connection with the murder.
They are Md Raihan alias Sohel Apon, 27, Russel Hossain Hawlader, 25, Ariyan Khan Hridoy, 23, and Solaiman, 23.
All of them gave confessional statements before the court.
In primary interrogation, Ripon confessed to stabbing Bulbul with a knife, said Joint Commissioner Harunur Rashid.
Ahmed Mahi Bulbul used to work in a clinic at Moghbazar. He was known as "Goriber Daktar" for treating the poor free of cost.