RAB detains Bagerhat’s fugitive war crimes suspect in Dhaka

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RAB detains Bagerhat’s fugitive war crimes suspect in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk:

Rapid Action Battalion arrested a warranted war crimes suspect after eight years of being a fugitive from the city’s Ashulia area on Sunday.

The arrested is Md Azhar Ali Shikdar, 68, son of late Hazi Ahmed Ali Shikdar of Kachua upazila in Bagherhat district.

The elite force said in a media release on Monday that during the Liberation War in 1971, Azhar Ali Shikder and his associates were directly involved in crimes against humanity such as murder, genocide, rape, illegal detention, torture, kidnapping, looting and arson in Kachua and Morelganj areas of Bagerhat.

On July 16, 2016, the International Crimes Tribunal issued an arrest warrant against the war criminal.

Tipped-off, a team of RAB-2 conducted a drive in Ashulia police station area of Dhaka on Sunday and arrested him. During interrogation, the arrested confessed to his involvement in the crimes.