Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 has arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a third-gender person who was burned alive in Comilla’s Burichang area. The arrest took place late Monday night in a joint operation by RAB-11 and RAB-6 in the Bhomra area of Satkhira district. The detainee, identified as Zahid Islam alias Apon alias Zahid Hijra, aged 46, is a resident of Burichang. The incident occurred on May 13 when Enamul Haque Shishir alias Mahi, aged 29, was tied up, doused with petrol, and set on fire inside a tin-shed house near the Muktijoddha Complex in Burichang Bazar. He later died on May 17 while under treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

According to RAB, both the victim and the suspect belonged to the third-gender community and had been living together for a long time. Law enforcement officials reported that they were involved in drug trading, and a dispute over money led to the killing. The victim’s father filed a murder case with Burichang Police Station, and the incident sparked widespread attention on social media across the country.

RAB stated that the arrested suspect has initially confessed to his involvement in the murder, and legal proceedings are underway.