Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Police have taken a female student into custody for questioning as a "suspect" over the murder of Jobayed Hossen, a Jagannath University leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

The arrest took place shortly after 11pm on Sunday, as the officers picked up the student from Noor Box Lane at Old Dhaka's Armanitola.

Deputy Commissioner (Lalbagh Division) Mallik Ahsan Uddin Sami confirmed the development.

Earlier, police had questioned the student and her family members for nearly five hours at the building where Jobayed's body was discovered.

The blood-soaked body of Jobayed, a student of the Department of Statistics, was found on the staircase between the third and fourth floors of the building on Sunday evening.

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