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Fugitive killer held
Police here yesterday arrested a fugitive convict who was awarded death sentence for abducting and killing a child in 2003. Acting on a tip-off, Mirzapur police arrested Mohammad Bakul from Jirani in Savar area. Contacted, the officer-in-charge (OC) of the respective police station, Habibullah Sarkar said Bakul, son of Mofiz Uddin of Trimohini village, Mirzapur, abducted seven-year-old Mamun from the same village on December 12, 2003. Later, he strangled him after failing to realise ransom money from the victim's parents. Police recovered Mamun's body from Bakul's bedroom. Victim's uncle Anwar Hossain filed a case with Mirzapur police station in this regard. Later, a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka delivered the death sentence to Bakul in absentia.
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