DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday directed the Detective Branch (DB) of Police to get DNA and chemical tests of Blogger Avijit Roy killing evidences through FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha passed order following a plea of investigation officer.

On February 26, unidentified assailants hacked to death mukto-mona.com founding blogger and writer Avijit and his wife Rafida Ahmed Banna seriously injured at TSC intersection on DU premises while the couple coming out of the book fair.

Following the day, US offered to investigation, condemning the brutal killing. A day after, Bangladesh government welcomed the US offer on March 1.

In the meantime, FBI had carried out their field investigation to assist Detective Branch (DB) of police investigate the Bangladeshi-American writer-blogger Avijit.

BDST: 1821 HRS, MAR 10, 2015