Rangpur: A court in Rangpur on Tuesday granted police to quiz two people, including a local BNP activist, each for ten days in connection with the killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio at Alutari in Kaunia upazila.

Those remanded are Rashedun Nabi Biplab, 45, a member of Rangpur city unit BNP, and Humayun Kabir Hira.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Taleb passed the order when Kaunia police officer-in-charge Rezaul Karim, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court, seeking 10-day police custody for each of them.

Earlier, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police in their separate drives arrested Rashedun Nabi Biplab and Humayun Kabir Hira from different parts of Rangpur city on Saturday. They were later shown arrested in the case.

On 3 October, Hoshi Kunio, 65, was gunned down by unknown miscreants at Alutari in Kaunia upazila in Rangpur.

After the killing, police arrested four people–Zakaria, Humyan Kabir, Munnaf and Murad–from the area suspecting their involvement in the murder. They hail from different areas of the city.

Police later filed a case against three unidentified people with Kaunia Police Station on Saturday night in connection with the killing.

Earlier on 28 September, Italian national Cesare Tavella, 50, was gunned down by miscreants in Dhaka city's Gulshan area.