A man has been detained in connection with the murder of Jahidul Islam Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League.
Sources at Dhaka Metropolitan Police confirmed the development.
Police will hold a press briefing later in the day.
At 10:15pm on Thursday (March 24), Tipu (55) was returning home at Khilgaon Bagichha by his microbus from the restaurant. As the vehicle got stuck in a traffic jam, unidentified assailants fired shots at it.
Tipu, his driver Monir Hossain Munna (34), and rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Jamal Prity (22), were hit by bullets.
The three were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Tipu and Prity dead.
Seven bullets were recovered from his body during an autopsy, hospital sources said.P
political feuds within the party could be a reason behind the murder of Tipu, said party activists and family members.
Tipu's wife Farhana Islam Doly, also the councillor of wards 1, 11, 12 (Motijheel area) of Dhaka South City Corporation, filed a case with Shahjahanpur Police Station in connection with the murder.
