, Jan. 12 -- In a quick strike against the darkness that settled over Banasree, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a man linked to the savage killing of an 18-year-old SSC examinee on Saturday.

The victim, Fatema Akter Nili, a class-10 student, was murdered allegedly by Md Milon Mallik, an employee at her father's hotel, after she refused his indecent proposal and protested against it, RAB said.

Milon, the son of late Sekandar Mallik from Manda Bashkhali area in Bagerhat, was arrested early Sunday during a joint operation by several RAB battalions in Bagerhat.

At a press briefing on Monday afternoon at the RAB Media Centre in Karwan Bazar, Lt Col Fayezul Arefin, commanding officer of RAB-3, said the force had immediately lau...