C T Online Desk: Police arrested a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader from Bakshiganj in a case filed over the murder of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim.
The arrestee is Gazi Shamim, 35, who serves as the president of the Shadurpara union Chhatra League.
Jamalpur Superintendent of Police Nasir Uddin Ahmed said Gazi Shamim was actively involved in the murder of journalist Nadim, which led to his arrest.
Gazi Shamim was under surveillance for his involvement in an attack on journalist Nadim, he added.
So far, 16 people have been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Nadim.
Nadim, who had been seriously injured in an attack allegedly by some supporters of Babu in the Pathati area of Bakshiganj upazila on June 14, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital the next day.
He was the Jamalpur correspondent for Banglanews24.com and a Bokshiganj upazila correspondent for Ekattor Television. He was also a member of the Jamalpur Press Club.
A case was lodged against 47 people naming now-suspended Sadhurpara union parishad (UP) chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu as the key accused in connection with Nadim’s murder.
