The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested four more persons in connection with the murders of ruling Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afnan Prity.
The arrestees - Titu, Robin, Sohel, and Khairul Islam were held from different areas of the capital on Saturday.
Fifty-four-year-old Tipu was gunned down on the night of March 24 under a flyover outside Manama Bhaban in Shahjahanpur’s Amtala.
A gunman wearing a helmet on a motorcycle pulled up next to Tipu’s car and opened fire.
Samia Afnan Prity, a 22-year-old student of Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College, was killed when a stray bullet hit her.
According to police, Tipu was accused and arrested in the 2013 murder of Jubo League leader Reazul Haque Khan Milky, but was later relieved of the charges.
Tipu’s wife Ward Councillor Farhana Islam Dolly filed a case against unknown people after his death.
