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Fugitive convict linked to attack in PM’s motorcade arrested


Published : 03 Sep 2023 09:34 PM

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a fugitive convict in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade attack case from Chuadanga on Sunday. 

The arrestee was identified as Alauddin, 43, is son of Moksed Ali of Ilishpur village under Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district. 

RAB-6 spokesperson said while addressing a press briefing on Sunday morning.

The convict was awarded 16 years imprisonment by a Satkhira tribunal, said spoksperson.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB conducted a drive in Mohammadpur under Darshana upazila in Chuadanga district around 2am and arrested Alauddin from there, added RAB.

On August 30, 2002, miscreants attacked and hurled bombs on the convoy of the then opposition leader and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and even shot at her, when her motorcade reached in front of Kolaroa upazila BNP office in Satkhira on the way to Jessore from Satkhira.