Police have arrested three more people from different parts of the country in connection with the arson attack, vandalism and looting at the offices of Prothom Alo and Daily Star, raising the total number of arrests to 31.
The arrested were identified as Jakir Hossain Shanto, 29, M Swapan Mandal,30, and Niaz Mahmud Farhan 21.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed the matter on Wednesday, December 24.
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police arrested Jakir in Bailey road area on Tuesday, December 23, and Swapan in Abdullahpur area in the capital today, Talebur said, quoting CTTC.
Earlier, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) under the DMP arrested Niaz during a raid in Borhanuddin, Bhola.
The attack incidents took place on the night of December 18, when a group of unruly individuals vandalised and set fire to the newspaper offices. CCTV footage has been collected and operations are ongoing to identify those involved.
The arrested individuals have been produced before the court, Talebur said.
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