Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a life-term convict during a raid in the Shialkol Bazar area of Sirajganj Sadar Upazila.
Acting on a tip-off, a team conducted the raid on Monday afternoon and apprehended Sohel, 32, said RAB-12 Operations Officer Assistant Superintendent of Police Md. Usman Gani on Tuesday.
He was later handed over to the local police station for further legal action, he added.
Sohel, the son of late Fotik of Sayadhangara Moholla, was sentenced in a drug-related case lodged in 2020.
RAB officials said that a case was filed against Sohel on March 19, 2020. After completing the investigation, police submitted a charge sheet to the court. Following hearings and taking testimony, the Additional Sessions Judge Court-1 sentenced him to life imprisonment.
He was also sentenced to an additional six months’ imprisonment in default of a Tk 10,000 fine.