Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the murder of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a student of Dhaka University, who was fatally stabbed by assailants in Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. A murder case has been filed at Shahbagh Police Station regarding the incident.

The arrested individuals are Md Tamim Hawlader (30), Samrat Mallik (28), and Md Palash Sardar (30).

Confirming the arrests to Jago News on Wednesday (May 14), Mohammad Khalid Mansur, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station, said that the three were arrested shortly after the incident. A murder case has been filed, and the arrested individuals will be produced before the court after being shown arrested in the case.

Shammo was the Literature and Publication Secretary of the Sir AF Rahman Hall unit of Chhatra Dal at Dhaka University and a student of the 2018–19 academic session at the Institute of Education and Research.

According to police sources, Shahriar was returning to the university on a motorcycle around 11:45 pm on Tuesday, along with his university friends Ashraful Alam Rafi (25) and Md Abdullah Al Baizid (25), after visiting Suhrawardy Udyan under Shahbagh Police Station. As they approached the old fountain near the banyan tree north of the Ramna Kali Mandir, a group of 10 to 12 unidentified assailants deliberately hit Shahriar’s motorcycle, causing him to fall.

A verbal altercation ensued between the two groups. At one point, the attackers began physically assaulting Shahriar and his friends with punches, kicks, and bricks. One of the assailants then stabbed Shahriar multiple times in the back of his right thigh with a sharp weapon, intending to kill him.

He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.