The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Kishoreganj

Police arrested an absconding life-term convict from his house at village Chhit Rajib in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari district on Friday, police said.

The arrested convict was identified as Badsha Hossain, 34, son of Abul Hossain of the village and he was sentenced to life term rigorous imprisonment in a rape case by a Nilphamari court in 2001 in his absentia.

On a tip off, a police team conducted a sudden raid at his house and arrested the convict, who had been absconding for the past seven years.

The arrested convict was sent to jail hajat when Kishoreganj police produced him before the Judicial Magistrate court of Nilphamari on Saturday, police added.