A case was filed on Saturday (June 17) against Mahmudul Alam Babu, chairman of Sadhurpara Union Parishad, and 21 others over their alleged involvement in the killing of Banglanews24.com Jamalpur district correspondent Golam Rabbani Nadim. 

Nadim's wife Monira Begum filed the case with Bakshiganj Police Station this noon.

She mentioned the names of 22 individuals and 20-25 others as unknown assailants in the case, Banglanews correspondent reports.

Meanwhile, Mahmudul Alam Babu, also general secretary of the union's Awami League in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur, was detained from Deviganj Upazila in Panchagarh on Saturday (June 17) morning.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained him from Char Tistapara of the upazila around 7 am. 

Char Tistapara Union chairman Harunur Rashid confirmed the matter to Banglanews.

Earlier, on Friday (June 16), chairman Babu was suspended from the Awami League for violating party discipline, according to party sources.

Chairman Babu went into hiding after the murder of Nadim.

Journalist Nadim, 42, died on Thursday, a day after he was attacked and injured allegedly by some supporters of chairman Babu in Bakshiganj.

BDST: 1355 HRS, JUNE 17, 2023
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