Detective Branch police arrested Mushfiqur Rahman Milton, an accused in the murder case over the killing of Chittagong University student Farhad Hossain during the July uprising. Police detained Milton in an operation in Jaria village of Sreepur upazila, Magura, on Monday. A court ordered him sent to jail after he was produced before it on Tuesday afternoon.

Milton, 45, is the general secretary of the Awami League’s Sabdalpur union unit. He is the son of late Siddik Molla of Mokordomkhola village in Sabdalpur union, Sreepur. Police said he is named as the 13th accused in the first information report filed in the Farhad Hossain murder case.

Farhad Hossain, 22, was the son of Golam Mostafa of Raynagar village in Sreepur upazila. He was shot dead near Parnanduali Bridge in Magura town on August 4 during the anti-discrimination student movement. Magura District Detective Branch Sub-Inspector Mehedi Hasan said Milton had been arrested and sent to jail through the court.