'Mastermind' of 2 three-wheeler drivers murder arrested

Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the murder of two drivers of two separate three-wheelers in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur.

He was apprehended Rashed Kabir, 33, from Gulshan-2 area of Dhaka on Monday noon, Superintendent of Faridpur Police Md Shahjahan confirmed in a press conference in the district on Tuesday afternoon.

Arrested Rashed hails from Bailab Charpara village in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh and he would conduct these misdeeds staying at brother-in-law's (sister's husband) house in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur.

SP Shahjahan said two three-wheeler drivers - Zihad alias Joy, 16, and Nayan Sarder, 20, - were throat-slitted and their three-wheelers snatched on January 4 and February 9 this year respectively.

Information gleaned from snatched three-wheeler's buyer Mizanur Rahman Nijhum, 38, police managed to arrest Rashed from Dhaka.

In primary interrogation, he admitted to killing Joy and Nayan by slitting their throats.

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