Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murders of a gay magazine editor and a secular blogger who were brutally killed by militants for writing against radical Islamists in the Muslim majority country. <br/><br/> A police spokesman said today, a joint team of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit and Detective Branch of Police arrested Rashidun Nabi in Sayedabad area in the capital last night. <br/><br/> Nabi is the main suspect in the murder case of Julhash Mannan, the editor of 'Roopban' – the only magazine in Bangladesh advocating gay rights, and blogger Nazimuddin Samad who were killed in April.<br/><br/>Police claimed that Nabi is an operative of Ansar al<br/>Islam or Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), which is said to be ideologically inclined to al-Qaeda. Nabi has been sent on three-day remand by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate.

Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murders of a gay magazine editor and a secular blogger who were brutally killed by militants for writing against radical Islamists in the Muslim majority country. <br/><br/> A police spokesman said today, a joint team of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit and Detective Branch of Police arrested Rashidun Nabi in Sayedabad area in the capital last night. <br/><br/> Nabi is the main suspect in the murder case of Julhash Mannan, the editor of 'Roopban' – the only magazine in Bangladesh advocating gay rights, and blogger Nazimuddin Samad who were killed in April.<br/><br/>Police claimed that Nabi is an operative of Ansar al<br/>Islam or Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), which is said to be ideologically inclined to al-Qaeda. Nabi has been sent on three-day remand by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate.