Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a warranted fugitive war criminal from Shyampur area in the city on Saturday.
The detainee was identified as Morshad Mosharraf Hossain Mia, son of late Abdul Hannan Mia alias Chona Molla, resident of Kashiani Police Station of Gopalganj district.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the RAB-10 conducted a drive in the city’s Faridabad area of Shyampur Police Station and arrested the war criminal Morshad Mosharraf Hossain Mia around 11pm on Saturday, RAB-10 Assistant Director and ASP (Media) Enayet Kabir Shoaib told BSS on Sunday.
On November 16, 2014, a case was filed against him at the International Crimes Tribunal ICT).
On February 2 in 2022, the International Crimes Tribunal issued an arrest warrant against Morshad Mia for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
During the preliminary interrogation, the detainee admitted that he had been hiding in various parts of the country under disguise.
The arrested accused has been handed over to the concerned tribunal, the RAB officials added.
