The Special Response Battalion (SRB) has arrested three accused in the case of beating and killing a man named Maqbul over a land dispute in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari. They were arrested in separate raids in Narsingdi on October 20. The arrested are Abu Sayeed (27), Jahangir Alam (30) and Tahidul Islam (26) of Purba Balagram Adarshpara under Jaldhaka police station.
According to the case report, on September 12, 2016, at approximately 7:30 am, the victim, Maqbul Hossain (56), was seriously injured by an opponent due to a road accident and previous enmity. His family members first admitted the victim to the Jaldhaka Upazila Health Complex. The doctor on duty at the Jaldhaka Upazila Health Complex sent him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment. The victim, Maqbul Hossain, died at 11:00 am on September 21, 2016 while undergoing treatment at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital. The victim’s brother, Mohir Uddin, filed a murder case with the Jaldhaka Police Station (Case No. 21) regarding the incident.
After the case was filed, SRB increased its intelligence surveillance along with other law enforcement agencies to arrest the accused. In continuation of this, based on specific intelligence information, a joint operation team of CPC-2, SRB-13, Nilphamari Camp and CPSC, SRB-11, Narsingdi conducted a raid in front of Madhabdi Municipality of Narsingdi district at 06.30 pm on October 20, 2026 and arrested Jahangir Alam, the 6th accused in the sensational Maqbul murder case. The same operation team conducted a raid in the Pachandona More area under Madhabdi police station at 07.30 pm and arrested Abu Sayeed (27), the 5th accused in the sensational murder case, and at night, Tahidul Islam (26), the 7th accused in the complaint, from the Madhabdi Notun bus stand area. It is worth noting that Anarul Islam (50), the fourth accused in this controversial murder case, was arrested by SRB-13 on September 29.
The arrested accused have been handed over to the concerned police station for further legal action.