Biswajit murder: Accused sentenced to life arrested after 10 years

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested Md Yunus Ali (36) a fugitive convict who had been on the run for 10 years since his conviction in Biswajit Das murder case in 2013.

Md Yunus Ali was arrested on Monday morning from Kellapur area in Naryanganj during a drive of Rab-2, said Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Md Fazlul Haque, senior additional director (Media) of RAB-2.

He was sentenced to life imprisonement in the murder case.

During primary interrogation the convict confessed to his involvement in the murder and legal action are underway against him, he said.

On December 9, 2012, tailoring shop employee Biswajit was chopped to death by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists near Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka during the BNP-led alliance's countrywide road blockade programme.

On December 18, 2013, a speedy trial tribunal sentenced eight BCL activists to death and 13 others, including Yunus, to life imprisonment in the murder case.

In 2017, The High Court upheld the life term jail sentence of accused Yunus Ali in his absence.

On August 6, 2017, the High Court also upheld the death sentences of Rafiqul Islam Shakil and Rajon Talukder and commuted the capital punishment of four other convicts — Mahfuzur Rahman Nahid, Emdadul Haque Emdad, GM Rasheduzzaman Shawon and Mir Nurul Alam Liman — to life term.