<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Police on Wednesday recovered the knife used in the murder of Bulbul Ahmed, a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and his mobile phone set at Tilagaon near the university campus in Sylhet.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The knife and the mobile phone set were recovered from the house of Kamrul Hossain, 30, a mason of the area who was detained in connection with the murder.</div><div><br></div><div>Kamrul also confessed to his involvement in the murder, Azbahar Ali Sheikh, deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.</div><div>Based on his information, police recovered the knife and the mobile phone after conducting drive at Kamrul’s house around 11am, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, five people have been detained, said Azbahar.</div><div><br></div><div>“Investigation is still going on. After&nbsp; investigation, those who are involved will be shown arrested in this case. So, the total number of arrests cannot be said now.”</div><div><br></div><div>Police detained three people in connection with the murder on Monday and Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The detainees were Abul Hossain, Kamrul Hossain and Md Hassan, all are resident of Tillagaon area.</div><div><br></div><div>“After interrogating them separately, we received important information,” said the deputy commissioner.</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, did not say anything about the identities of other detainees.</div><div><br></div><div>The deceased, Bulbul Ahmed, was a third-year student of the Public Administration department of the university.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday night, a case was filed at Jalalabad police station over the murder.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, Bulbul, along with his friends, went to the New Zealand area, adjacent to Shaheed Minar, on the campus that afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>At one stage, his friends rescued him as he was allegedly stabbed by muggers.</div><div><br></div><div>Bulbul was first rushed to the university medical centre and later shifted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital where on-duty doctor Kaniz Fatema declared him dead around 7.45pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the authorities concerned of SUST formed a five-member probe body to look into the death . - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>