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

The arrest took place shortly after 11:00 pm 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, reports bdnews24.com.

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

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