Dhaka, March 19 -- Police have arrested five suspects in connection with the killing of college student Rakibul Islam Rakib in Dhaka's Central Shaheed Minar area, saying that several of those directly involved in the murder were "hired killers".

The 25-year-old Rakib, a second-year Bachelor of Arts student at Shaikh Burhanuddin Post Graduate College, used to make video content for TikTok and various social media platforms. He was also acquainted with another content creator named Jannat Moon. Police claim that Moon's husband Sajid "planned" the killing.

Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of the Ramna Division, said at a press conference at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Media Centre on Thursday that Rajib once had a "good relationship" with...