Special Response Battalion (SRB)-6 has arrested Md Jasim, 50, a fugitive sentenced to death in the much-discussed Jahangir murder case in Khulna city, in Chattogram. He was arrested in a joint operation at Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram at 9:15pm on Thursday (5 November).
The media cell of SRB-6 gave the information in a press release on Friday (6 November) morning.
According to SRB sources, Jasim is the son of Hossain Ali of the Haji Tamizuddin Road bylane area under Sonadanga Police Station in Khulna. The court found him guilty in the Jahangir murder case filed with Sonadanga Police Station in 2009 and sentenced him to death, along with a fine of Tk 50,000.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of SRB-6 and SRB-7 conducted a raid at Salimpur in Sitakunda on Thursday night and arrested Jasim.
SRB-6 said its operations would continue to arrest accused in regular cases, convicts and people named in warrants, and to bring armed criminals, drug dealers and those accused in sensational murder and rape cases to justice.
After his arrest, Jasim was handed over to Hathazari Police Station in Chattogram for further legal action, Special Response Battalion (SRB)-6 said.
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