[Bangla Daily Star] An Islami Chhatra Shibir activist orchestrated the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar, detectives yesterday quoted the five arrested students of North South University (NSU) as saying.Comes as a surprise, huh?
The students confessed to their involvement in the killing, Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told reporters at a press briefing.
The five, all aged between 19 and 23, were arrested during raids in different parts of the capital Friday night, the DMP official informed.
The mastermind, whom the arrestees mentioned as "Borobhai" [senior brother], and another alleged killer were absconding, he added.
According to primary interrogation, the decision to kill blogger Rajib was taken one and a half months ago, the detectives said.
Split in two groups, intelligence and execution, at least six including the five NSU students accomplished the killing on February 15, the detectives added.
The revelations came during a press briefing at the DMP media centre yesterday morning, three days into Home Minister MK Alamgir's claim that seven had been arrested in connection with the murder.
Although the five were present at the briefing, journalists were not allowed to talk with them.