Fugitive convict arrested
A fugitive convict and leader of a gang of inter-district robbers was arrested at Manikpur village in Araihazar upazila early Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Habibullah, 40. Acting on a tip-off, Araihazar police raided the village and arrested him at around 4:00am. Police said Habibullah remained absconding since a court here in 1994 had sentenced him to 15 years rigorous imprisonment in a robbery case. Another report from Jhalakati adds: Police arrested three people in the town's Gorostan road area on charge of stealing transformers on Saturday night. The arrested were identified as Mohammad Shahid, 40, of Chandkathi area in the town, Babul Chandra Mistri, 38, of Aura village in Kathalia upazila and Mohammad Bahadur Hawlader, 25, of Pingri village in Razapur upazila.
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