OUR CORRESPONDENT, Cumilla

Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a Comilla University (CoU) student and her mother at their residence in the city on Sunday night.

Major Shadman Ibne Alam, commander of Rab-11, confirmed the development to The Daily Star yesterday afternoon. He said that the suspect, Abdur Rab, 73, was arrested after analysing call records of the victims.

Around 11:00pm, police recovered the bodies of Sumaiya Afrin, a student of the 2021-2022 academic session of CoU’s public administration department, and her mother, Tahmina Begum, from their house in the Kaliajuri area. They were strangulated to death, the law enforcers said on Sunday night.

A murder case was filed by Sumaiya’s elder brother, Tajul Islam Faisal, yesterday afternoon, said Kotwali Model Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Mohinul Islam.

Meanwhile, CoU students formed a human chain around 1:45pm yesterday, demanding the immediate arrest and trial of those responsible for the double murder.

They also brought out a procession and staged a sit-in in front of the office of the superintendent of police.

Protesters finally withdrew their demonstration after Cumilla district SP Nazir Ahmed Khan met them around 3:00pm and assured them they were investigating the incident with urgency.