UPDATE::Three Niloy murder suspects under scanner | Dhaka Tribune

The 3 following posts concern the assassinations of the secular Bangladeshi writers over the course of the past years or so.  Because investigative details are sketchy along with the possible overlap in suspects, I not sure which story goes to which writer.  The one commonality is the extremist group Ansar Al Bangla (Ansarullah Bangla Team).

Detectives yesterday started extensive surveillance on three suspects for their involvement in the murder of Niladri Chatterjee, who was killed on Friday at his Goran flat allegedly in the hands of radical Islamists.

The trio were identified based on statements of the wife of the slain secularist writer, neighbours and locals, and also by analysing the post-mortem and the inquest reports.

To confirm their identities, the detectives have sent a blood-stained towel and a red T-shirt collected from the ground floor of the building to the forensic department of Dhaka Medical College for DNA test.

They also collected Niloy’s teeth from the flat and sent those for examination.

Investigators said that the eight major stab injuries, found on Niloy’s body, were made by a left-handed killer.

During primary investigation, the detectives have also found that the email claiming responsibilities for the murder was sent to different media outlets after the killing from a laptop based in Hathazari area of Chittagong.

A group named Ansar Al Bangla sent the email, signed by its spokesperson Mufti Abdullah Ashraf. High officials of the Detective Branch of police have said that it was a fake name.

Three Niloy murder suspects under scanner | Dhaka Tribune