The trio were identified based on statements of the wife of the slain secularist writer, neighbours and locals, and also by analysing the post-mortem and the inquest reports.
To confirm their identities, the detectives have sent a blood-stained towel and a red T-shirt collected from the ground floor of the building to the forensic department of Dhaka Medical College for DNA test.
They also collected Niloy's teeth from the flat and sent those for examination.
Investigators said that the eight major stab injuries, found on Niloy's body, were made by a left-handed killer.
During primary investigation, the detectives have also found that the email claiming responsibilities for the murder was sent to different media outlets after the killing from a laptop based in Hathazari area of Chittagong.
A group named Ansar Al Bangla sent the email, signed by its spokesperson Mufti Abdullah Ashraf. High officials of the Detective Branch of police have said that it was a fake name.
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a team of the US-based Federal Bureau of Investigation held an hour-long meeting with the DB police officials and offered technical support in the investigation.
Anowar Hossain, deputy commissioner of Motijheel division police, told the Dhaka Tribune that they had made some progress in the investigation and were analysing the clues. "The DB officials are giving us technical support."
Even though krazed killer groups are the prime suspects, the Sherlocks are also verifying whether the murder took place for other reasons.
Col Ziaul Ahsan, additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion
, thinks that murderous Moslems groups were behind the killing. "The elite force is trying to locate the killers."Police chief AKM Shahidul Haque said that the law enforcers as well as the government was concerned about the murder. "We are yet to make any major breakthrough, hope to solve it," he added.