Two more people were held over the murder of top police official’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. One of them allegedly is the arms supplier of the assassination.

They were held from Chittagong city in separate raids yesterday and today, said Detective Branch’s Assistant Commissioner Kamruzzaman, also the probe officer of the murder case.

They were primarily identified as Ehsetul alias Haniful Huq alias Bhola, 41, the arms supplier, and Manir Hossain Manir, 23, said Debdas Bhattacharya, additional commissioner (crime and operation) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.

Bhola is said to be an accused of at least 16 cases including murder.

So far, including the latest detentions, six people have been held in this case. Two have been shown arrested, who, according to police confessed killing Mitu before a court.

So far, what police said is Wasim, one of the detainees who was shown arrested, was one of the three people who attacked Mitu.

On June 5, three assailants stabbed and shot Mitu dead when she was taking her son to his school bus stop at GEC intersection in the port city.

She was the wife of police Superintendent Babul Akter, a cop who spent most of his time curbing militancy. But now, there has been a whisper of his involvement in the murder.