Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested a fugitive convict who had been on the run since his conviction in Biswajit Das murder case in 2013. Md Yunus Ali,36, son of Khondokar Yakub Ali of Magura, was arrested on Monday morning from Kellapur area in Naryanganj during a drive of Rab-2, said Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Md Fazlul Haque, senior additional director (Media) of RAB-2. He was sentenced to life imprisonement in the murder case.  Read more: Biswajit Das murder case: Fugitive convict held in city During primary interrogation the convict confessed to his involvement in the murder and legal action are underway against him, he said. On December 9, 2012, tailoring shop employee Biswajit was chopped to death by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists near Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka during the BNP-led alliance's countrywide road blockade programme. On December 18, 2013, a speedy trial tribunal sentenced eight BCL activists to death and 13 others, including Yunus ,to life imprisonment in the murder case. In 2017, The High Court upheld the life term jail sentence of accused Yunus Ali in his absence. read more: Biswajit Das murder case: Fugitive convict held in Bogura On August 6, 2017, the High Court also upheld the death sentences of Rafiqul Islam Shakil and Rajon Talukder and commuted the capital punishment of four other convicts — Mahfuzur Rahman Nahid, Emdadul Haque Emdad, GM Rasheduzzaman Shawon and Mir Nurul Alam Liman — to life term.