Another suspect on remand

Uttara police arrested Abul Hasan, 20, son of Jamser Ali, from his residence at Rajabari in the city's Uttara area on Monday and produced him before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka yesterday.

Police also prayed for a ten-day remand for the arrestee. The investigation officer (IO) in his prayer said Hasan, accomplice of another arrestee Ibrahim on the same charge, might be involved in the killing. He needs to be quizzed to find out the whereabouts of others involved in the incident, the IO said.

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After hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Jagannath Das Khokan placed Hasan on a five-day remand.

Shahnaz Kabir Lily, 35, headmistress of Ashuliya Government Primary School, was stabbed to death by a gang of robbers at her Kamarpara house in Uttara on Sunday morning.

Uttara police also arrested five other youths -- Ibrahim alias Emu, 24, Abdur Rashed, 20, Md Sharif, 20, Rabiul Islam, 24, and Abdur Rahim, 20, -- on Sunday and took four of them except Abdur Rahim on a five-day remand for interrogation.