Shawdesh Desk:

Police have arrested the shooter, who killed former general secretary of Motijheel unit Awami League Zahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afnan Jamal Prity on Thursday night.

The identity of the arrestee could not be known yet.

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested him today, a senior official said seeking anonymity.

Tipu was killed as miscreants opened fire on him near Manama Bhaban at Shahjahanpur when he was returning home at Bagicha in Khilgaon by a microbus.

The stray bullets fired by the gunmen also killed college student Samia Afnan Jamal Prity who was in a rickshaw near the microbus of Tipu.

The driver of the microbus, Monir Hossain Munna, was injured and taken to Dhaka medical in critical condition.