Police have arrested the mastermind and two other JMB members in the murder of Panchagarh Hindu priest Joggeshwar Roy.
They were arrested from Kalirdanga area of Debiganj on Thursday night.
However, police did not disclose the identities of the arrestees for the sake of investigation.
Police also seized a machete and a bicycle that were used in the killing mission. Two pistols, three mazagines, five rounds of bullets, three knives and three hand bombs were also recovered from the arrestees.
Deputy Inspector General of Rangpur range Humayun Kabir made the disclosure in a press briefing at Debiganj police station on Friday afternoon.
DIG Humayun Kabir said: "Five JMB members participated in the killing. Of them, three were held on Thursday night."
He said the other two killers would be arrested soon.
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Priest Joggeshwar Roy, 50, was slaughtered with a machete on the verandah of his house, on February 21.
Besides, his neighbour Gopal Chandra Roy, 35, received bullet injuries as he tried to save the priest.
Law enforcers suspect that members of banned Islamist group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) slit the throat of the priest as part of their series of attacks on religious leaders and establishments.
