2 more held over Uttara schoolboy killing

Police today arrested two more youths for their alleged involvement in the killing of ninth-grader Adnan Kabir in a turf war in Uttara on January 6.

The arrestees - Nure Alam, 19, and Abdul Karim, 19, were held from Pagar area of Tongi around 4:30pm, Mohammad Shah Alam, inspector (operations) of Uttara West Police Station, told The Daily Star.

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Earlier on Wednesday, three more youths were arrested, who confessed to the killing to a Dhaka court on the next day.

A murder case was filed with Uttara West Police Station accusing nine people and 10-12 others unnamed.

Twenty one suspects, including four of the nine named in the case, have been arrested so far.

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Eleven of them gave confessional statements in the court.

However, the prime accused, Naimur Rahman Anik, 19, is still on the run.

Anik, who is a member of “Disco Boys” group, led the attack on Adnan, a member of “Nine Star” group, following previous enmity.

Adnan Kabir, 15, was beaten to death allegedly by some local boys in the city's Uttara on January 6.