4 more arrested in Tipu-Preeti murder case
PBC News: Detectives have arrested four more persons in connection with the Motijheel Thana Awami League’s former general secretary Zahidul Islam Tipu and college girl Samia Afrin Preeti murder case.
They are Sohel, Titu, Robin and Khairul. They were arrested on Saturday evening from Motijheel area, said Harun-ar-Rashid, additional commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch.
With them, at least 18 persons have, so far, been arrested in the double murder case.
They have been arrested on the basis of information provided by Tipu murder case’s chief coordinator Sumon Sikder alias Killer Musa.
At night of March 24 last, the 54-year-old Zahidul Islam Tipu was shot dead at Shahajahanpur Amtola Masjid area in the capital. At that time, he was going to his Bagicha area residence.
During the indiscriminate firing, a college student Samia Afran Jamal who was on a rickshaw, also received bullet injuries.
Both Tipu and Samia were pronounced dead after they were taken to the hospital.
Following Tipu’s death, his wife, ward councillor Farhana Islam Dolly, filed a case without naming the accused.
