Police have detained five individuals in connection with the brutal killing of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin in the Chourasta area of Gazipur city.
The authority confirmed the detentions on Friday; however, they did not disclose the identities of the detainees.
The case was officially filed on Thursday night by the victim's brother, Md Selim. He lodged the complaint with the Basan Police Station under the Gazipur Metropolitan Police, naming 20 to 25 unidentified individuals as suspects, according to Officer-in-Charge Md Shahin Khan.
Asaduzzaman Tuhin, 38, Gazipur staff reporter for the Dainik Protidiner Kagoj, was viciously hacked to death in Gazipur around 8:00pm on Thursday in front of the Masjid Market at the Chandana intersection, one of the busiest in the city.
Tuhin was sitting at a tea stall when a group of miscreants surrounded him and, in full view of bystanders, attacked him with sharp weapons before fleeing the scene.
He died on the spot.
Shaheen Khan, officer-in-charge of Bason Police Station, said police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue. He added that efforts are underway to determine a motive.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Anwar Hossain Sourav, 35, a staff reporter for Bangladesher Alo, was reportedly attacked by extortionists in front of police and left in critical condition in Gazipur's Sahapara area.
He was investigating allegations that auto-rickshaw drivers were being extorted by miscreants when he was attacked.
In a video of the brutal incident that has gone viral, police personnel can be seen in the background, refusing to interfere, while more than a dozen people were attacking Sourav.
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