The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six individuals in connection with the brutal killing of a mother, her son, and daughter in Karaibari village of Muradnagar upazila, Cumilla.

Muttazul Islam, Assistant Director of the Media Wing at RAB Headquarters, confirmed the matter on Saturday (July 5).

He said members of RAB-11 detained the suspects, who were allegedly involved in the public beating that led to the sensational triple murder earlier this week.

Further details about the arrests and the identities of the accused will be shared at a press briefing scheduled to be held at the RAB Media Center in Karwan Bazar, Dhaka, later on Saturday.

On Thursday, three members of a family – a mother, her son, and her daughter - were beaten to death in Cumilla’s Muradnagar over allegations of involvement in “the drug trade”.

The dead were identified as Roksana Akhtar Rubi, 55, her son Rasel Mia, 28, and her daughter Jonaki Akhtar, 22. Another person was injured in the beating, but their identity has yet to be confirmed.

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