The police detained five individuals for questioning over the gruesome murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin, who was hacked to death in Gazipur city on Thursday night.
Confirming the matter, Bason police officer-in-charge Shaheen Khan said that Tuhin鈥檚 brother Md Selim filed a murder case against unidentified individuals on Friday morning.
The brutal murder was perpetrated near Eidgah Market in Chandana Chowrasta area under the Bason police jurisdiction on Thursday.
鈥楩ive individuals have been detained from the scene for questioning in connection with the incident. Their involvement is being verified, and if found linked to the case, they will be shown arrested,鈥� OC Shaheen Khan said.
Tuhin has been murdered because he was spotted while recording another incident of hacking of a man named Badshah Mia under the same police jurisdiction聽 just before he was killed, according to the police.
Regarding Badshah Mia鈥檚 hacking, an attempted murder case has been filed with the same police.
The police said that a gang of miscreants attacked Badshah with sharp weapons after a confrontation reportedly involving an altercation with a local woman on Thursday evening.
Tuhin, who was present at the scene, began recording the incident on his phone, when he was noticed by the Badshah鈥檚 attackers.
They chased him and dragged him out of a nearby tea shop, and hacked him and slit his throat before fleeing the scene, said the police.
Gazipur Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner (North Crime) Rabiul Islam said that preliminary evidence suggested Tuhin was killed for recording the incident as the attackers noticed him filming.聽
鈥榃e have identified the miscreants through CCTV footage. An operation to arrest the perpetrators is underway,鈥� he said, adding that Badsha Miah, who was first attacked, was currently receiving treatment at a hospital.
The woman Badsha Miah had the fight with, was a member of a gang that robbed people of by trapping them in amorous relations.
On Friday, Jagannath University Journalists鈥� Association staged a human chain on the campus, demanding immediate justice and exemplary punishment for those responsible for Tuhin鈥檚 killing, JnU correspondent reported.
Meanwhile, Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment, a right-based research and advocacy body, in a statement on Friday demanded justice for Tuhin鈥檚 murder and safety for all journalists in the country.
