RANGPUR, June 8, 2026 (BSS) -Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) 
arrested the main accused in a case filed over the murder and subsequent 
burial of a Rural Electrification Board (REB) worker from Dhaka on Sunday 
night. 

The arrested was Mohabbat Ali, 32, of village South Ghanirampur Jhakuapata 
under Taraganj police station of Rangpur, said a press release issued by RAB-
13's Senior Assistant Director (Media) and Additional Superintendent of 
Police Biplab Kumar Goswami tonight.

Citing the statement of the murder case filed by the victim's wife Jannati 
Begum, 32, the release said that victim Manjurul Hossain, 45, was an 
electrician, worked under the REB contractor and did electrical work in 
houses and offices whenever he got opportunity. 

Accordingly, he left home for work at 10 am on February 24, 2026 and did not 
come back after the whole day.

The plaintiff filed a missing GD with Taraganj police station on the next 
day.

Later, Taraganj police station recovered his body while digging the soil in 
Rampura Mouza under Taraganj police station on February 26, 2026 at 4.00 pm.

In the said incident, the victim's wife filed a murder case against the 
unknown accused on February 27, 2026 at Taraganj police station.

Later, police found that due to a previous enmity between the victim and the 
arrested accused and his accomplices, they brutally killed him with a sharp 
weapon and buried his body in a potato field. 
 
Based on secret information, a joint team of RAB-13 from Rangpur and RAB-4 
from Savar in Dhaka conducted a raid in the Bou Bazar area under Savar police 
station of Dhaka and arrested the main accused at 7.30 pm on Sunday.

The arrested accused has been handed over to Taraganj police station for 
further legal action.