Two accused named in a double murder case in Hnila Union of Teknaf have been arrested in a joint operation in Chattogram, according to Special Response Battalion-15 (SRB-15).
The suspects are Mizanur Rahman, 27, listed as accused No. 2, and Abdul Manaf, 27, listed as accused No. 4 in the case.
According to SRB, police recovered the bodies of Mohammad Moktar Kamal, 39, and Mohammad Akbar, 23, from two separate locations in Hnila Union on 4 November.
The victims’ families subsequently filed a murder case with Teknaf police station, naming 11 people and another eight to 10 unidentified suspects.
After filing the case, the named accused went into hiding, the SRB said.
Acting on intelligence and information obtained through technology, a joint team of SRB-15 and SRB-7 learned that several suspects were staying in West Faridapara under Chandgaon police station in Chattogram.
The team conducted an operation in the area on 9 November.
Mizanur Rahman was arrested from a road in front of an MAS Telecom shop at around 5:25pm. Ten minutes later, Abdul Manaf was arrested from a rented house in the same area.
Mizanur is the son of Abdullah of Tulatuli village in Ward 2 of Hwaikong Union, Teknaf. At the same time, Abdul Manaf is the son of Nurul Islam of Balukhali village in Ward 2 of Teknaf.
The arrested suspects were handed over to Chandgaon police for further legal action, the SRB said. The SRB said the operation against the remaining fugitives will continue.
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