Five people were arrested in two separate cases filed for killing two girls after rape in Kadamtali area of Dhaka.

Farid Uddin, deputy commissioner of Wari division police, confirmed it to The Daily Star.

Kadamtali police arrested the five -- Shamim, Sagor, Zakir, Jamal and Rajib, aged between 28 and 32 – last night.

Shamim, Sagor and Zakir were arrested on charge of raping and killing a garment worker named Farida whose body was recovered from Jurain graveyard on July 10.

The two others were arrested in connection killing Parul of Shyampur after rape. Her body was found from a house in Shyampur on June 18.