3 arrested over Shammo killing

Police have arrested three suspected people in connection with the killing of Dhaka University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Shahriar Alam Shammo .

They were arrested during raids conducted in several areas of the capital, including Rajabazar, from Tuesday (May 13) night to Wednesday (May 14) morning.

However, the arrestees could not be named immediately.

Shariful Islam, elder brother of Samyo, filed a murder case with Shahbagh Police Station against 10 to 12 people over the murder.

Shahbagh Police Station OC Mohammad Khalid Mansur confirmed the development.

Shahriar Alam Samyo, 25, a 2018-19 session student of the Institute of Education and Research at the Dhaka University and JCD’s Literary and Publication Secretary of A.F. Rahman Hall unit, was murdered following a brutal attack with sharp weapon near Ramna Kali Mandir gate, near to campus, on late Tuesday night.

According to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Samyo was brought in shortly after midnight in a severely injured state and was pronounced dead on arrival. Hospital staff confirmed that multiple sharp weapon injuries were found across his body.

Just hours before the attack, Samyo had posted a video on Facebook showing him singing with friends at a public concert held at Suhrawardy Udyan, where prominent bands performed.

Witness accounts suggest the incident stemmed from a motorcycle collision near the Suhrawardy Udyan open stage. An argument reportedly escalated into a physical confrontation, during which Samyo was stabbed in the thigh with a sharp weapon. The assailant fled the scene immediately afterward.

Samyo hailed from Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila and began his education at Momena Ali Biggan School in Jhikira. He later studied at BAF Shaheen College in Dhaka Cantonment and BCIC College in Mirpur before enrolling at Dhaka University as a student of the Class of 2024.