BSS
  14 Feb 2024, 15:12
Update : 14 Feb 2024, 16:47

Fugitive death sentence convict detained from Dhaka Cantonment

DHAKA, Feb 14, 2024 (BSS)- Nazmul Hasan Naeem, 39, who was awarded with

capital punishment for murdering a student in Pirojpur in 2013, was arrested
by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the Cantonment Police Station area of
the capital yesterday around 12:30 pm.

Naeem is the son of M. Shafiqul Alam Hawlader, a resident of Indurkani Police
Station in Pirojpur district.

Senior Assistant Director (Media) of RAB-2 Shihab Karim confirmed the matter
to BSS today saying that he was arrested during a secret drive conducted by
the RAB-2 officials.

According to the case, Sadman Sakib Prince, 14, a student of class 10 at
Pirojpur Government Technical School and College, was killed during a fight
regarded to playing cricket. His body was thrown into a pond.

Being informed by locals, police recovered his body and sent it to hospital
for post-mortem.

Two days after the incident, victim's father filed a murder case against some
unidentified accused with Pirojpur Sadar Police Station.

In 2013, the court issued an arrest warrant against Naeem after sentencing
him to death and imposing a fine of Taka 50 thousand.