Police informer murdered in city
Unknown criminals slaughtered a police informer at Shahjahanpur in the city on Saturday night, apparently for helping police arrest a criminal on the same day.
The victim was identified as Korban Ali, 22, who was a fish trader by profession.
Police retrieved the body of the Korban from Balurmath at Shahjahanpur of Motijheel Police Station at around 10:00pm on Saturday.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. On Saturday noon, Korban helped Motijheel police arrest Humayun Kabir Biplob alias Ghoja Biplob, an accomplice of top listed criminal Subrata Bain, at Motijheel.
Police suspect that Biplob's associates might have killed Korban to take revenge on him.
A relative of the victim filed a case with the police station accusing four unidentified people of the killing.
Police could not arrest anyone as of 8:00pm last night.