Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police, has arrested two fugitive war crimes suspects in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila.
The arrestees are Md Abdul Aziz alias Aziz Commander,82, son of late Pute Ghazi and Md Surat Ali Ghazi, 76, son of late Sher Ali Ghazi. Both are the residents of Taranipur village of the upazila.
According to a media release of ATU issued on Tuesday, the elite force conducted a drive and arrested them from Taranipur village of the upazila on Monday.
The accused were involved in killing in Shyamnagar’s Vetkhali-Joyakhali Kheyaghat area during the 1971 Liberation War of the country.
Later, a case was filed against them in Satkhira Judge Court in 1996.
After being arrested in the case, the two accused remained in jail for a long time and later were released on bail from the High Court.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against them in 2017. Earlier the investigation agency of the tribunal submitted its report against them.
The arrestees were sent to the court, reads the release.
