Dhaka, April 2 -- A local Awami League leader had allegedly plotted the murder of Jahidul Islam Tipu in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

The elite police unit identified Omar Farooq, general secretary of the ruling party's Dhaka South Ward-10 unit, as the mastermind behind the shooting which also resulted in the death of bystander Samia Afnan Jamal Prity on March 24, reports bdnews24.com.

Farooq was aiming to assert his dominance by taking out Tipu, RAB spokesman Khandaker Al-Moin said at a media briefing on Saturday.

He was arrested along with three other suspects -- Nasir Uddin, Abu Saleh Sikder and Morshedul Alam -- on Friday.

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