Cumilla ward councillor murder: Rab arrests one of the accused

Rab arrested an accused from Cumilla Medical College Hospital after family of slain ward councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel filed a case with Kotwali Police Station early today.

Arrestee Sumon was the number four accused in the case, ANM Imran Khan, assistant director of Rab's legal and Media wing, said.

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Earlier, Syed Md Rumon, younger brother of ward councillor Sohel who was murdered last Monday, filed the case against 11 named and 12 unnamed persons.

The other accused are: Shah Alam, Sohel alias "Jail Sohel", Sabbir Hossain and Rocky.

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Masked gunmen shot the ward councillor and his associate Haripada Das at the councillor's office in Pathuriapara area on Monday.

Sohel (48) was also the panel mayor of Cumilla City Corporation and president of the ward unit of Awami League.

The gunmen stayed around 20 minutes after opening fire on Sohel in his office so that no one could take him to hospital immediately, said his associates and locals.

The attackers, some wearing masks and some helmets, shot others in the leg in and outside the office, indicating that they were professional hitmen, said law enforcers.