Babul Miah, who is the prime accused in the case filed for murder of a 16-years-old girl after rape at Sayestaganj upazila in Habiganj, has been arrested from Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 in a drive arrested him on Friday midnight.
Further details regarding the matter will be disclosed at a press conference at Sylhet RAB office on Saturday noon.
According to the case statement, Beauty, daughter of Sayed Ali, was raped by one Babul Miah of the village on January 21. When victim’s father went to Sayestaganj Police Station to file a case the thana authority asked him to go to court.
Later, the victim’s family members filed the case with Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on March 4 and the court ordered the officer-in-charge of the police station to take legal action.
As Babul Miah started to threaten Beauty’s family members after filing of the case, she was sent to her grandfather’s house at Gunipur village in Lakhai upazila. She went missing from the house on March 16.
Police recovered her body from the haor area in Sayestaganj upazila on March 17.
Later, a murder case was filed with Sayestaganj Police Station.