Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two top criminals, including an accused, in the case filed over the killing of Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria in Dhaka’s Pallabi area.

Identities of the arrested could not be known immediately.

Lt Col Mahbub Alam, commanding officer of Rab-4, will brief the media on the arrests at the Rab Media Centre in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar at 3:00pm today, officials said.

Kibria, member secretary of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal’s Pallabi thana unit, was shot dead inside a hardware shop in Pallabi’s Block C on Monday evening in what investigators described as a targeted attack. The assailants, caught on CCTV, fled the scene immediately after opening fire.

Rab said further details about the suspects, their roles in the killing, and the motive behind the attack will be disclosed at the briefing.

Earlier, Jony Bhuiyan, the prime accused in the case, was detained in Pallabi Section-12 following the incident on Monday.

Kibria’s wife Sabiha Akther Dina filed the murder case with Pallabi Police Station against five named and seven to eight unnamed individuals.