Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday arrested two alleged criminals, including a death-row fugitive convict, along with arms from Alamnagar in Hemayetpur of Savar, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Noman Ibne Bashar alias TBS Babu, 39, a death-row convict of a murder case and Arafat Hossain Jewel, 37.
Tipped off, a team of RAB-8 conducted a drive at Alamnagar Sugandha Housing area and arrested them in the night, said Rois Uddin, commanding officer of Faridpur RAB-8.
The elite force also recovered two pistols, three magazines and eight bullets from their possession. Of the arrestees, Bashar was wanted in 12 murder cases and a court sentenced him to death in a murder case filed for killing Kalim Uddin in Mirpur in 2005. He has been remained fugitive since then. Besides, the arrestee Jewel was wanted in six different cases.