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Fugitive convict of blogger Rajib murder held

Rezwanul Azad Rana

Fugitive plotter of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder, Rezwanul Azad Rana, who has been awarded death sentence by a trial court, was arrested at Uttara in Dhaka on Monday.

The counter terrorism unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Rana and another extremist Ashraf at around 2:00pm, police said.

Rajib was hacked to death in front of his house at Palashnagar of Pallabi in February 2013 when widespread protests erupted demanding maximum punishment for war criminals.

A trial court on December 31, 2015 handed down death sentence for Rana.

Source: New Age

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