A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a youth from Bogra in a case filed in connection with the killing of Jamalpur journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim.
The arrestee is Rezaul. He had pushed Nadim off his motorcycle on the day of the attack.
RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the arrest and said that Rezaul is the number four accused in the case.
Earlier, RAB arrested Sadhurpara UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the alleged mastermind in the killing of Jamalpur journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim, Debiganj in Panchagarh.
Nadim's wife, Monira Begum, filed a case at the Bokshiganj police station against 22 individuals, accusing them of involvement in her husband's murder on Saturday.
Sadhurpara UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu is the principal accused.
Before this, the Awami League temporarily suspended Mahmudul Alam Babu from the party.
Nadim, a Jamalpur district correspondent for Banglanews24.com, died on Thursday while receiving treatment, following an attack by unidentified assailants in Bokshiganj on June 14.
To date, 14 individuals have been arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist.
The detainees are said to be followers of Sadhurpara UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu.
