Special Response Battalion (SRB)-15 arrested a fugitive convicted in a drug case and sentenced to five years in prison in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night.
The man, identified as Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, 27, was arrested at around 8:05 pm from the Islamia Cooling Corner opposite Sundarban Courier Service in the Alir Jahal area of Cox’s Bazar municipality.
According to an SRB-15 press release, a team from the battalion conducted an intelligence-based operation there.
Shahid is the son of Mohammad Hossain of Baidya Ghona (Khaja Manzil) area of Cox’s Bazar municipality.
He was convicted in a drug case filed with Chandanaish police station in Chattogram district and sentenced by a court to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a Tk5,000 fine.
The battalion said he had been in hiding since the court pronounced the sentence.
Shahid was handed over to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station for further legal action, the press release said.
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