DHAKA: Police arrested two former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers from Dhaka cantonment area for their suspected link with sensational 7-killing after abduction in Nganj.

The arrestees are - former Commanding Officer of RAB 11 Tareq Sayeed Mohammad and Major Arif Hossain.

Sources said that a team of Narayanganj District Police entered into cantonment around 2:33am. Then cantonment police handed over the two RAB officers to the police with the presence of high officials of police. 

Narayanganj Police Super Dr Khandakar Muhith Uddin and Dhaka Cantonment Thana Duty Officer Mamunur Rashid confirmed the matter to banglanews. 

Earlier, the 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The three- Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, Maj Arif Hossain and Lt Commander SM Masud Rana - were withdrawn from RAB-11 on April 29 and forced into retirement on May 6.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: 0838 HRS, MAY 17, 2014