Fugitive death row convict held in Sylhet

Rapid Action Battalion in a drive last night held a person who was awarded death sentence in a double murder case filed in Shahporan Thana in the district in 2016. The detainee was identified as Md Shipon Ahmed, a resident in Subid Bazar area in Sylhet. RAB-9 said today. They said on information they conducted a raid at around 8 pm last night in Dakhin Surma area in Sylhet city and held him, who was awarded death sentence along with two other people by a Sylhet court in 2023 in Tapu and Razu murder case. Shipon Ahmed was handed over to Airport Thana police, said Media Officer of RAB-9 Senior ASP Afsan-Al-Mamun. Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha