Mahmudul Alam Babu, chairman of Sadhurpara UP in Jamalpur who is a suspect in the murder of Banglanews24.com journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim, was detained from Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district early Saturday.
Members of Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) detained Babu and two others around 5am in Chilahati union of the upazila, said Jamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Debiganj police station.
They were trying to flee the country by crossing the border, RAB sources said.
RAB will later brief the media on this detention.
Golam Rabbani's wife, Monira Begum, alleged that her husband was killed on the orders UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu due to his news reporting.
Golam Rabbani was returning home on June 14 when he was attacked by some supporters of Babu in Bakshiganj upazila. The assailants physically assaulted him before fleeing the scene, leaving him unconscious. He died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital the following day.
Monira claimed that her husband had been subjected to various forms of harassment before the incident, and it was the chairman's associates who carried out the killing. She demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in the incident.
