Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested a ‘serial killer’, who remained fugitive in the guise of a folk singer for seven years, from Kishoreganj district. The arrestee is Md Helal Hossain alias Baul Selim, alias Selim Fakir, alias Khuni Helal, 45, of Bogura district. Read:Rape case accused arrested in Sylhet According to a media release from Rab Headquarters, a team of Rab-3 arrested him conducting a drive at Bhairab Railway Station area in Kishoreganj on Wednesday night. During interrogation, Selim Fakir, a Baul model of song ‘Bhanga Tori Chhera Pal’, said he was accused in several murder cases and was sentenced to life term jail in a murder case in Bogura. Read:60 arrested in DMP anti-drug drive He used to stay at different railway stations and shrines to escape jail sentence for the last seven years. He used to make a living by singing folk songs at different railway stations, said the release. Legal process is underway against the accused, the release added.

The man authorities say was the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, with nearly 60 confirmed victims, died Wednesday in California. He was 80.