Dhaka, March 11 -- Police have arrested a couple in connection with the murder of Saifur Rahman Bhuiyan, the acting vice principal of Habibullah Bahar College in Dhaka.

Saifur met the couple at a railway station and brought them to his flat a few days ago. Police are investigating what happened next. They had been living there for several days.

Uttara Division Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohidul Islam said the couple was arrested as suspects on Tuesday.

A police officer said that at the start of Ramadan, the couple lost their bags at Kamalapur Railway Station and became destitute. Saifur met them there.

"Both the couple are between 20 and 22 years old. Saifur, promising to keep the boy as a driver and the girl as a housekeeper, took...