Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed detained Zikrullah and Ariful Islam on police custody for eight days to be quizzed over the killing of the blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu.

Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Yunus Khan passed the order after police produced the duo before the court seeking a 10-day remand.

Blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu, 26, also an employee of Far East Travels Ltd, was hacked to death by some assailants at South Begunbari in Tejgaon Industrial area of the city on Monday.

Police caught Zikrullah and Ariful red-handed with three homemade sharp weapons while fleeing from the place of occurrence.

According to police, Zikrullah was a student of Hathazari Madrasah in Chittagong while Ariful was a student of Mirpur Section Darul Ulum Madrasah. 

Earlier on 26 February 2015, blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death by unidentified persons on Dhaka University campus.

Attackers also hacked and wounded Avijit’s wife Rafida Ahmed Banya who was accompanying him at the time of attack.   

Avijit is the founder of Bangla blog ‘Mukto Mona’ and is a writer. He is the son of former Dhaka University physics professor Ajoy Roy. The professor visited DMCH after the incident.

Prominent writer and Dhaka University professor Late Humayun Azad was also hacked by the assailants at DU area when he was going home after visiting Ekushey Book Fair on 27 February 2004.

In the similar manner, on 15 February 2013, blogger Rajib Haider was killed in Pallabi allegedly for his write-ups in the blog.