Dhaka, June 9 -- Police have detained two people over the fatal stabbing of former Jatiotabadi Swechchhasebak Dal leader Billal Hossain Talukdar in Dhaka's Mouchak.

The suspects, identified as Md Riaz and Al Amin, were detained on Tuesday from Dhaka and Munshiganj.

Sheikh Zahidul Islam, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Ramna Division, said investigators began working to identify those involved immediately after the killing.

As part of the drive, suspected attacker Riaz was picked up in the capital late at night.

Al Amin was later held in Munshiganj early on Tuesday morning.

Police are questioning the two men to establish the motive behind the killing and identify others who may have been involved, Zahidul said.

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