Uttara abduction: Bodyguard dies of his wounds

A 57-year-old retired army personnel working as a bodyguard died two days after being attacked during an abduction in Dhaka’s Uttara on January 16.

Police on Sunday arrested suspect Bachchu Mia in Chattogram’s Chawkbazar in connection with the murder, according to the police forwarding report.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam yesterday placed Bachchu on a three-day remand in connection with the murder of Mahbub Alam. The attack took place on Road-12 in Sector-14 of Uttara. Mahbub was critically injured and died while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital two days later.

On January 17, Mahbub’s son Abdullah Ismay Azam filed an attempted murder case with Uttara West Police Station against six unnamed people, which was later converted into a murder case.

Police have yet to trace the abducted man or his family members.

Kamrul Islam, sub-inspector of Uttara West Police Station and the investigating officer, said last night, “We will interrogate the arrestee and try to get more information from him.”