A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of two arrestees, including the prime accused in connection with killing of young jewellery trader Turya Ghosh Roni in october last year.

Judge Mohammad Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order following a criminal appeal filed by the defence lawyers against rejection order of lower court on December 27last year.

The defence lawyers of the prime accused Shahdat Hossain Liton alias 'Khora' Liton and Al Mamun alias Mamun filed the appeal with sessions court on January 10 seeking bail. But the court fixed February 1 for hearing on theissue withlower court record.

In his order yesterday, the judge said Liton masterminded the killing for kidnapping and killing the victim and Mamun gave confessional statement to a magistrate in this regard. So, their bails were rejected.

Turya, 21, was kidnapped by a group of miscreants led by Liton for realising a huge amount of money from his family on october 29 last year and later the gang killed the victim, though the family paid them Tk 10 lakh and 10 tolas of gold ornaments as ransom.