Dhaka, May 14 -- Police have detained three people in connection with the killing of a Dhaka University (DU) student.

Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station Md Khalid Mansur told UNB that several police teams launched a special drive shortly after the murder in different areas.

The trio was detained from the Green Road and Rajabazar areas, he said, expressing reluctance to disclose the identities of the detainees for the sake of investigation.

Primarily it was known that the detainees were involved in the murder and drives were ongoing to detain the rest of the accused, said the OC.

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