Panchagarh: Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member Alamgir Hossain, who was arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh’s Debiganj, confessed his crime before a court on Tuesday.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Hakim Marzia Khatun recorded the statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), reported UNB.

On February 25, police arrested three alleged member of banned militant outfit JMB including Alamgir.

On February 27, they were put on 18-day remand.

Earlier, a group of unidentified miscreants attacked Hindu priest Jogeswar Dasadhikari in front of Sri Sri Sonto Gaurio temple at Sonapota village in Dibiganj upazila around 6:30am.

They hacked him indiscriminately, chased him into a house behind the temple and slit his throat there, leaving him dead on the spot.

The attackers fled the scene firing gunshots and exploding bombs that left two devotees - Gopal Chandra Roy, 35, and Nitai Das - injured.

Six people have been arrested so far in connection with the killing.