Two people were arrested in connection with the murder attempt case of five members of a family at Dhitpur area in the capital.

The arrestees, Mohammad Rubel and his accomplice Rana Mahmud, are the prime suspects of the case.

RAB-10 Company Commander KM Kausar Chowdhury said that they confessed to the incident during primary interrogation at a press conference at the RAB-10 camp in Munshiganj's Balasur on Friday.

When the family were asleep, Rubel along with his associates Rana and others locked the family members from outside the house and set fire in a pre-planned way, he said.

Locals broke the door of the house and rescued five members of the family and rushed them to hospital. 

He had been hiding in different areas of the capital since the case was registered.

On January 18, a team of RAB-10 conducted a joint operation in the capital's Ashulia area and arrested Rubel. Later, following his tips, they were able to arrest Md. Rana Mahmud.