Narsingdi jail militant escapee arrested in Narayanganj
Staff Correspondent
An inmate who escaped during the recent jailbreak at Narsingdi Central Jail, one of nine members of militant groups said to have escaped, has been arrested by RAB in Narayanganj.
Md Faruk Ahmed, 43, is a member of militant outfit Ansar Al Islam.
Lt Col Tanvir Mahmud Pasha, commanding officer of RAB-11, announced Faruk’s re-arrest during a press conference at the RAB headquarters on Thursday.
He was arrested from Sonargaon’s Premer Bazar area on 19th July.
Faruk was primarily arrested on 24 March 2022, for involvement in militancy and charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He later confessed under Section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure.
He was housed in cell no. 4 along with three Ansarullah Bangla Team militants: Hizbullah, Abdul Alim, and Moinuddin.
After escaping the jail on 19th July, he hid at his sister’s house in Dhaka for two days before moving to a relative’s house in Narayanganj.
