DHAKA: A team of US anti-terrorism agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) visited Crime Investigation Department (CID) office in the city as part of their assistance in investigating the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy.

The team entered the CID office around 12:00pm on Sunday.

Earlier, the FBI members went to Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police office and stayed for 10 minutes.

They were also set to go to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

A source said that the visiting FBI team is scheduled to meet higher detective officials.

However, a group of miscreants hacked Avijit to death and her wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya severely injured at TSC intersection at the night of February 26.

Following the incident, FIB extended their assistance to investigate the murder of Avijit, who was also a US citizen.

Moreover, a 4-member team reached Dhaka on Thursday in this regard.

Earlier, the team met Ajay Roy, father of the slain writer and also a former Dhaka University professor and the detained suspect Shafiur Rahman Farabi, a fundamentalist blogger who threatened Avijit.

BDST: 1334 HRS, MAR 08, 2015