The Special Response Battalion-15 (SRB-15) arrested a fugitive sentenced to life imprisonment in a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act in Cox’s Bazar, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
Police arrested the fugitive, identified as Md Abu Bakkar, 48, around 5:30pm on Tuesday near Unique Hospital and Diagnostic Center, beside Ramu Football Square in Ward 4 of Fatekharkul Union under Ramu upazila.
He is the son of Mohammad Alam and a resident of North Rumaliachhara in Cox’s Bazar Sadar.
According to SRB-15, a court sentenced Abu Bakkar to life imprisonment with hard labour. The court also fined him Tk 200,000 in a case filed at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. He was also sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment if he failed to pay the fine.
The press release said he had been in hiding to evade arrest since the verdict was delivered.
SRB-15 handed him over to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police Station under the relevant warrant for further legal action. The battalion said it would continue operations to apprehend convicted and wanted fugitives.
Cox’s Bazar Life Report
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