Dhaka: Detectives claimed to have arrested publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder prime accused Shamim from Gazipur’s Tongi early on Wednesday.

The arrestee, Shamim alias Somir alias Imran, with Tk2 lakh bounty on him is a top leader of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).

A team of the Detective Branch arrested Shamim from Cherag Ali area of Tongi early in the morning, said Deputy Commissioner (media) of DMP Masudur Rahman.

DB will disclose the details of the arrest at a press briefing at the DMP Medial Centre at about 11:30am, added the DMP official.

On 20 May, the DMP authorities announced a bounty for information leading to the arrest of alleged six kingpins of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, including Shamim, who were reportedly involved in the murders of secular bloggers, writers and publishers in recent times.

Faisal Arefin Dipan, owner of Jagriti Publications and son of Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq of Dhaka University, was hacked to death in his office on the second floor of Aziz Supermarket at Shahbagh in the capital on 31 October last year.

Dipan was the publisher of a book titled ‘Biswaser Virus’ (Virus of Faith) written by blogger and founder of Mukto-Mona blog Avijit Roy, who was also hacked to death around eight months ago on 26 February, 2015 near TSC on the Dhaka University Campus during Ekushey Book Fair.