Dhaka, March 19 -- Police have arrested five people in connection with the shooting and stabbing to death of a college student in the Central Shaheed Minar area of Dhaka.

The pistol used in the murder has also been recovered from one of them, said Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media and Public Relations Department.

He claimed that the mystery of Rakibul Islam Rakib's murder has been solved, but he did not initially provide the names and identities of the arrestees.

Talebur added that details will be announced at a press conference to be held at the DMP's Media Centre on Thursday afternoon.

Earlier, Shahbagh Police Station chief (OC) Md Moniruzzaman had announced that three people had been t...