A student of Chittagong Polytechnic Institute was stabbed to death allegedly by muggers in Mehedibagh area of the port city early yesterday.
Following a wave of protest triggered by the killing, the Chittagong Metropolitan Police suspended assistant sub-inspector Tarikul Islam, team leader of a patrol team deployed in the murder area, for his “professional negligence”, said CMP Assistant Commissioner Abdul Mannan.
Deceased Saidul Islam, 25, a student of electrical engineering department and lead guitarist of a local band, was returning home after performing at a programme around 2:30am, said AKM Mohiuddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station.
Around 8:00am, police found Saidur’s body on the road in front of an apartment building near his house, the OC said, adding that the body bore several stab wounds.
In protest at the killing, Saidul’s neighbours, friends and relatives blocked the thoroughfare at Golpahar intersection around 3.30pm. They demanded immediate arrest and capital punishment of the murderers.
The protesters withdrew the blockade around 4.00pm, when CMP officials assured them of the arrests and beefing up vigilance.
Police detained one of the security guards of the apartment building for interrogation.
-With The Daily Star input
