Munshiganj, Feb 06 (UNB) - Police arrested a fugitive deathrow convict from his house at Brahmankhola village in Srinagar upazila on Wednesday.
The arrestee was identified as Salauddin Titu, son of Moslem Uddin of the village.
Officer-in-Charge of Srinagar Police Station, Md Yunus Ali said Salauddin was given death penalty for killing Zakir, a resident of Shampur in Dhaka in 1999.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive at his old address on Wednesday evening and managed to arrest him, although Titu did attempt to sprint away.
In 1999, Salauddin Titu shot Zakir to death in Jurain area under Shampur Police Station. Victim’s father Abdur Rahim filed a case immediately.
Judge Md Abu Hanif of a speedy trial tribunal in Dhaka sentenced him to capital punishment in 2005 in his absentia. All this while Titu remained out ofr law enfoprcers’ grasp.