Dhaka, June 23 -- Cyprus police have claimed to have unravelled the mystery of Bangladeshi student Shahriar Ahmed Emon's murder nine days after he went missing in the eastern Mediterranean island nation.

Investigators say a dispute over sharing a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot on a bus led to the killing of the 22-year-old.

On Tuesday, local media reported that the accused Bangladeshi national, identified as Shahin Babu, 22, confessed during police interrogation after a court granted an eight-day remand.

According to police testimony, Shahin had been living illegally in the Greek Cypriot-controlled part of Cyprus after crossing from northern Cyprus.

He told investigators he first met Emon on Jun 7 while travelling on a bus.

Emon had asked him ...