Desk Report
Published: 23 Nov 2022, 07:45 pm
Police arrested Rafi in connection with the snatching away of two death-row convicts from police custody || Photo: Collected
The police have arrested one person in
connection with the snatching away of two death-row convicts from police
custody in Dhaka court premises on November 20.
The arrested person's name is Mehdi Hasan Omi
alias Rafi (24). He is accused in the case filed by the police in this
incident.
An official from DMP's Counter-Terrorism and
Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) confirmed the information on Wednesday
(November 23).
The police officer claimed that Mehdi Hasan
had directly participated in the snatching away of two death-row convicts from
police custody. He is a member of the military wing of Ansar al-Islam. His home
is in the Sylhet district. This Rafi also participated in the mission to kill
blogger Nazimuddin Samad.
Last Sunday afternoon, four people on two motorcycles
came from the front of Dhaka Judge Court and sprayed pepper spray in the
eyes of the police, and snatched away the accused. They are convicts sentenced
to death in publisher Deepan's murder case. The accused are Mainul Hasan Shamim
of Madhavpur in Chatak upazila of Sunamganj and Abu Siddique Sohail alias Sakib
of Veteshwar village in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.