Shawdesh desk:

The wife of one of the two convicted extremists who fled Dhaka court with the help of other militants has been arrested in Narayanganj.

The arrested is Shikha, wife of Md Abu Siddique Sohel alias Sakib alias Sajid alias Shahab.

Tipped off, a team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit conducted a drive in the area and arrested Shikha in Narayanganj on Friday night.

Details about the arrest will be disclosed through a media briefing.

Two militants — Md Abu Siddique Sohel alias Sakib alias Sajid alias Shahab and Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Samir alias Sifat alias Imran — were sentence to death in publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case.

They managed to escape Dhaka court premises with the help of some other extremists after using pepper spray on policemen on November 20, 2022.

They are members of the banned extremist outfit Ansar al-Islam.