Suspect Mahir surrenders over JnU student murder

Mahir Rahman, one of the suspects in the murder of Jagannath University (JnU) student Zubayed Hossain, has surrendered to the police.

Following overnight raids at various locations, Mahir’s mother handed him over to Bangshal Police Station early Monday morning. Mahir is a first-year student at Burhanuddin College.

Police said that Mahir’s mother appeared at the station at dawn on Monday and surrendered him to law enforcement. As of now, no case has been officially filed in connection with the incident.

Three people have been detained in connection with the murder, Lalbagh Zone Deputy Commissioner Mallik Ahsan Uddin Sami, said on Monday evening.

He said, “In a special operation, we have so far detained three suspects. However, we will not disclose their identities at this moment for the sake of the investigation. We will brief the media in detail tomorrow morning.”

On Sunday afternoon, Zubayed Hossain — a student of the Statistics Department (2019–20 session) and a member of the JnU Chhatra Dal convening committee — was murdered while tutoring in the Armanitola area of Dhaka. His bloodied body was recovered from a staircase inside a residential building.