Fugitive convict arrested
Police arrested a fugitive convict at Garbhanga village in Keshabpur upazila on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Jalal Gazi, son of Yakub Gazi of Nehalpur village of the upazila. His wife Shahida Khatun was also convicted in a human trafficking case 17 years back. Police said a court here sentenced Jalal and Shahida to 10 years imprisonment each on charge of trafficking of a young girl to India in 1993. The couple went into hiding in India after the verdict of the case and returned home recently. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided the house of Jalal's father-in-law at the village and arrested him. But his wife managed to flee the scene.
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