Sajib Tarfadar (Left), the arrestee Abu Bakkar Shikder (Right) with firearm. Photo: Collected
Police have arrested a man, who had been hired to kill a local BNP leader in Bagerhat Sadar upazila on November 5 in exchange for money.
The deceased, Sajib Tarfadar, 40, was a former joint convenor of Dema union BNP and a former union parishad member.
Bagerhat Superintendent of Police Md Tawhidul Arif at press briefing shared the information at his office on Saturday.
He said the arrestee named Abu Bakkar Shikder, 57, a resident of Karapara village of Karapara union of Bagerhat sadar upazila, had been hired for killing the BNP leader.
The killers attacked Sajib on the Bagerhat-Rampal road when he was en route to Bagerhat town from his home.
He was shot and hacked to death with sharp weapons in broad daylight in Bagerhat on November 5.
During the incident His uncle, Kamal Tarfadar, 65, who was riding with him on a motorcycle, was also injured in the shooting and is undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital.
After the incident, a team had been formed, headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman.
Police had been investigating the matter and after analyzing the intelligence information and the technology they arrested Abu Bakkar on Friday Kawkhali area of Pirojpur district, the SP said.
During the primary interrogation, the arrestee confessed to the law enforcers about his involvement in the killing and based on his given information, police recovered the firearm and ammunition from a ditch beside a residence of one Jamuna Saha of Sahapar area of Mirzapur.
He said that four people directly involved in the killing and they were recruited for this purpose in exchange of money. Among them, police arrested one and efforts are ongoing to nab others.
Replying to a question, the SP said that Abu Bakkar and one of his associates were contracted for Tk 3 lakh but the arrestee did not have any information about others.
