Death row convict held in Dhaka

The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police arrested a death row convict on Thursday, who had escaped from Kashimpur High Security Jail during the July uprising last year.

Sakib alias Babu, 23, was arrested during a raid from Dhaka's Tejturi Bazar area, said Mahfuzul Alam Russell, SP (Media and Awareness Wing) of the ATU.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the ATU carried out the raid around 7:00pm. Sakib has already been handed over to Konabari Police Station, he added.

According to the ATU, Sakib and his associates abducted Shakil Madbor, 15, from East Naodoba village in Zajira upazila of Shariatpur on June 25, 2020. The kidnappers demanded ransom from the victim's family, but after failing to get the money, they killed Shakil and buried his body near an under-construction railway bridge.

Sakib was sentenced to death and sent to Kashimpur High Security Jail in a case filed with Zajira Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

On August 6, 2024, taking advantage of the political changeover situation, Sakib fled from the prison.

Later, jail authorities filed another case with Konabari Police Station in this regard.

Sakib had been hiding in different parts of Dhaka and other areas of the country to avoid arrest.

According to prison officials, around 700 inmates, including death row convicts, who escaped from jails last year, are still at large.