DHAKA, Feb 9, 2025 (BSS) – Police today arrested two active members of a notorious auto-rickshaw hijacking gang from the capital for the link with the murder of an auto-rickshaw driver Ushan Miah.

The arrestees were identified as Falan Bhuiyan alias Akash, 29 and Habibur Rahman alias Habib, 34, said in a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Acting on a tip-off, members of Demra Police Station raided Dhalpur area of Jatrabari and nabbed Falan Bhuiyan in the early hours of today.

Later, based on the information provided by him, Habib was arrested from Mugda area.

Ushan Miah's elber brother Md Shuja Miah filed a murder case with Demra Police Station as his brother went missing with his auto rickshaw on January 21.

Later, his body was found in DND canal near Demra the next day.

During the initial quizzing, the arrestees admitted their involvement with the murder.

Three others accused of the case were arrested before.

They are Md Mosa Akhi Akhter, 32, Md Nazim Hossain, 42 and Md Aman Hossain, 37.