Shawdesh Desk:

An accused in a case filed in connection with stabbing a trader to death in front of his son in Dhaka’s Pallabi area has been killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion.

The deceased was identified as Md Manik, 5 no accused in the case filed over murder of Shahin Uddin, 33.

Additional DIG of RAB-4 (Captain) Md Mozammel Haque confirmed the news.

A group of criminals attacked Shahin in front of his house around 4:45pm on Sunday. They stabbed him indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving him dead on the spot.

A CCTV camera installed nearby recorded the incident.

Earlier on Thursday, RAB arrested MA Awal, a former lawmaker from Lakshmipur-1 constituency, from Bhairab area in Kishoreganj.

He allegedly planned the killing of Shahin Uddin (40) of Mirpur-12 and is the prime accused in the case filed following the murder, Rab said.

Meanwhile, detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested two more accused — Sumon Bepari, 33, mastermind of the murder, and Rony Talukder, 25 — from Dhaka’s Jatrabari and Pallabi areas respectively.

Earlier, Pallabi police arrested two persons in this connection.