DHAKA: Police Headquarters has sent the order to Narayanganj district police to arrest three officers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for their alleged involvement in the sensational 7-killing.

Sources in the headquarters confirmed the matter to banglanews. However special branch inspector of Nganj police Mainur Rahman said, they heard about it, but not got it in hand yet.

Earlier, High court asked inspector general of police to take steps to arrest the trio and hand them over to the detectives investigating the sensational case.

The order was faxed to the IGP's office around 9:30pm Sunday, Supreme Court Registrar AKM Shamsul Islam said.

The three- Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander SM Masud Rana - were withdrawn from RAB-11 on April 29 and forced into retirement on May 6.

On April 30, seven bodies including Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and his four aides and senior lawyer Chandan Sarker and his driver were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river.

They were kidnapped from Dhaka-Narayanganj link road on April 27.

BDST: 1218 HRS, MAY 12, 2014