DHAKA, Feb 3, 2023 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested a person, convicted and sentenced to death in absentia in a case lodged over the murder of Sharif Khan of Akhaura in Brahmanbaria, from capital's Dakshin Khan area.

The arrestee Md Zakir Khan, 47, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid by RAB-3.

Confirming the matter to BSS, RAB-3 commanding officer Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin said Zakir Khan, son of Md Amanot Khan of village Chanpur of Akhaura, brutally killed his cousin Sharif Khan on August 6, 2015. Zakir went into hiding right after committing the crime and was tried in absentia.

RAB sources said the Zakir confessed his crimes in the primary interrogation.