, Nov. 15 -- Rangpur trader Ashraful Haque was allegedly lured to his death by his friend Jarez, who then killed and dismembered him in a planned manner, said Lt Col Fayezul Arefin, commanding officer of RAB-3.

"The brutal killing was the result of a calculated plot carried out under the guise of friendship," he told a press briefing in the capital's Karwan Bazar after the interrogation of Jarez and his girlfriend Shamima following their arrest in connection with Ashraful's murder.

Following Jarez's instructions, Shamima lured Ashraful into a romantic trap through phone communication over a month ago and brought him from Rangpur to Dhaka.

The CO of Rab-3 said the trio met on November 12 at a rented house in Nurpur area of Shanir Akhra ...