Staff Correspondent:

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested eight more people for their alleged involvement in the killing of Dhaka University (DU) student Shahriar Alam Shammo.

Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Muhammad Talebur Rahman, confirmed the arrests.

However, he did not reveal any further details, saying that a press briefing will be held at the DMP Media Centre at 4:45 pm on Tuesday.

DMP Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali will brief the media on the latest developments in the Shammo murder case.

Shammo, a student of the 2018-19 academic session at the Institute of Education and Research, Dhaka University, and Literary and Publication Secretary of Chhatra Dal’s Sir AF Rahman Hall unit, was stabbed to death near Suhrawardy Udyan by a group of 10-12 unidentified individuals on May 13.

The victim’s brother, Shariful Islam, filed a murder case with Shahbagh Police Station on May 14.

Five suspects had already been arrested earlier in connection with the case.

One of them, Ripon, confessed to his involvement in the murder before the court.

The other four detained suspects are Sohag, Hridoy Islam, Robin, and Sujon Sarker.