Five people were detained in connection with a case over the murder of a journalist in front of a crowded market in Chandana Chowrasta of Gazipur last night.

The people were detained from the scene and surrounding areas and brought to the police station, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shaheen Khan of Basan Police Station around 12:30pm today.

The names and addresses of the detainees will be announced later, the OC told The Daily Star.

Md Selim Mia, brother of the victim, has filed the case against unidentified persons, he added.

Asaduzzaman Tuhin, 40, who worked as a staff reporter of Mymensingh-based daily Pratidiner Kagoj for around five years, was killed with sharp weapons by a group of miscreants around 8:00pm yesterday.

Quoting witnesses, Shaheen Khan, yesterday said Tuhin got involved in an altercation with four to five youths at a tea stall near the Masjid Market in the Chandana Chowrasta area around 8:00pm.

At one point, the youths stabbed him with sharp weapons. He died on the spot.