The murderer has been detained in possession of arms and ammunition
Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Saidur Rahman, alias Shahid Commissioner, who has been awarded the death penalty for murder, at his Gandaria residence early on Tuesday.
A team of Rab 10 raided Saidur’s house and arrested him at around 3am, ATM Habibur Rahman, director of legal and media wing of RAB told the Dhaka Tribune.
The elite force members also seized three foreign-made pistols, three magazines and 62 rounds of ammunition from his possession.
Saidur Rahman Shahid, who was a councilor of Ward-38 at Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), went into hiding since he was freed on bail from Faridpur jail.
He had contested in the 10th general election as an independent candidate in Dhaka-6 constituency, but Jatiya Party leader Kazi Firoj Rashid defeated him in the poll.
Shahid was sentenced to death on May 29 in 2003 on charge of shooting advocate Habibur Rahman Mandal dead at Chandra Mohan Basak Lane at Banogram in old Dhaka on August 20, 2000.
Commissioner Shahid is also accused in the killing of Ward No 90 commissioner Shahadat Hossain Sikder on September 29 in 2003 and Juba Dal leader Sujan murder in Sutrapur on May 4, 1999.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
