Five days into the broad daylight murder of Shahnewaj Rifat Sharif in Barguna, Inspector General of Police Mohammad Javed Patwary has said all of the suspected killers have been traced.
“As many as eight suspects have been arrested. Police also identified all of the suspects using CCTV footages and other tools. Rest of them will be arrested soon,” he told the reporters after opening the SP office in Rangpur on Sunday (Jun 30).
The police chief said that several units of police including Detective Branch, and Counter Terrorism Unit along with the police in Barguna have been working to arrest the suspects.
Vowing to bring all the murder perpetrators to book, Patwary said, “Check-posts have been set up on roads, waterways and airways including borders to stop the suspects fleeing from the country.
“Images of the suspected killers have been sent [to the police] across the country including borders,” he added.
On Jun 26, Sharif, 25, was hacked to death by several people in front of his wife Ayesha Akter Minni near Barguna Government College in the district town in broad daylight. The incident sparked mass outrage and shock across the country.