Five suspects have been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in connection with the murder of customs officer Bullet Bairagi, whose body was recovered near the Kotbari Irish Hotel in Comilla. The detainees are also accused in a railway robbery case, and four of them are believed to be directly involved in the killing. The arrests were confirmed by RAB-11 officials on Monday.

According to the information provided, Bairagi boarded a CNG-run autorickshaw at Padua Bazar on Friday night after getting off a bus on his way home. The robbers had been waiting in the vehicle and targeted him in a planned attack. His body was found the next morning about two kilometers from Padua Bazar, near the Irish Hotel area of Kotbari.

Bairagi had recently attended the 44th basic training in Chattogram and was returning to Dhaka after completing it. His last phone contact with family occurred around 1:25 a.m. when he said he was near Tomchom Bridge in Comilla, after which communication was lost.