The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Police arrested two suspected killers of an employee of Sohag Paribahan from the city's Shyamoli and Mohammadpur areas.

The arrested were identified as Sumon, son of Khalilur Rahman of Sheikher Tek, and Faruq Hossain, son of Tajuddin of Darus Salam Road under Shah Ali Police Station.

Detective Branch (DB) officials, at a press conference at its headquarters yesterday, said they first arrested Sumon from Shyamoli on September 23 on suspicion of killing Parvez and interrogated him.

During the interrogation, Sumon confessed to his involvement in the killing and disclosed the name of his accomplice, Faruq, who also took part in the killing mission.

According to the statement, plainclothes policemen arrested Faruq from a house at Babar Road in Mohammadpur on September 24. They also recovered two foreign-made revolvers, one pistol and four round of bullets from there.

On September 11 four armed extortionists approached the Kalyanpur ticket counter of Sohag Paribahan soon after Parvez opened the counter at about 5:45am. They shot dead Parvez as he refused to pay demand money and fled the scene.

Extortionists had been demanding Tk 5 lakh from the owner of Sohag Paribahan for the last 2 to 3 months, police said.