Police have arrested six more people during a raid at Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh on Thursday in connection with the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh district on 18 December.
The arrestees are Takbir, 22, of Sunamganj; Ruhul Amin, 42, of Thakurgaon; Nur Alam, 33, of Sadar upazila; Shamim Mia, 28, of Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh district; Selim Mia, 22, of Noakhali; and Masum Khalashi, 23, of Madaripur district.
Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area and arrested them, said a media release of district police on Thursday.
The six arrested individuals had forced Dipu to resign from his job, it said.
With this, law enforcers have arrested 18 people from different parts of the country., according to media reports.
Dipu Chandra Das, 28, a local garment worker, was beaten to death by a mob over alleged blasphemy in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district on 18 December. His body was later set on fire.
A case was filed in this connection the following day.
