BANGLADESH
Police arrest member of team that helped flee 2 death-row convicts
Counter-Terrorism Unit of Police (DMP) has arrested Mehede Hasan Omi alias Rafi (24) in a case filed for aiding two-death row convicts flee from the highcourt premises on November 20.
Unidentified persons attacked police personnel and whisked away Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Samir alias Imran and Abu Siddiq Sohel alias Shakib aka Sajid alias Shahab — both convicted in publisher Dipan murder case.
Last Sunday (November 20) at around 12 noon, Moinul Hasan Shamim of Chhatak Sunamganj and Abu Siddique Sohail of Aditamari Lalmonirhat, two convicts sentenced to death in the case of publisher Dipan’s murder, were abducted from the premises of the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka by their fellow militants. .