Biswajit murder: Fugitive convict arrested

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday evening arrested the fugitive convict who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in the Biswajit murder case a decade ago.

Nure Alam alias Limon, 35, was arrested from Humayun Road in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur, RAB-2 Senior Assistant Director (media) of Fazlul Haque said on Monday morning.

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.

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

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On August 6, 2017, the High Court 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.