3 suspects over Bandarban monk murder held

Published : 15 May 2016, 16:58

Sahos Desk

Members of the law enforcement agencies early today detained three suspected killers in connection with yesterday's murder of a Buddhist monk at Baisharee in Naikkhangchhari upazila here.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Naikkhangchhari Police Station Abul Khayer confirmed the news.

"Two Rohingyas -- Abdur Rahim, 29, and Md Zia Uddin, 28, and one Chak Community people named Sa Mong Chak, 32 were detained from Tadangkhali Para, Titar Para and Uppar Chak Para respectively," he told BSS.

Assailants hacked elderly Buddhist monk Mong Shu U, 77, to death at Baisharee in Naikkhangchhari yesterday.

Subsequently monk's son Aung Sa Dhoai Chak yesterday afternoon filed a case with police station concerned in the evening.

Source: BSS.

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