A Correspondent:
Khulna: The Special Response Battalion (SRB) arrested a fugitive convict, also an alleged close aide of executed criminal Ershad Shikder, from Sonadanga in Khulna city after 27 years in hiding.
The arrestee is Joynal Sardar, 55, son of late Ahammad Ali Sardar of Bongkura village under Gournadi Police Station in Barishal district.
The joint operational team of SRB-6 Sadar Company and SRB-8 Sadar Company conducted the drive around 10:45pm Saturday.
Nistar Ahmed, commander of SRB-6, said a court sentence Joynal to life term imprisonment in a mur-der case filed with Rupsa Police Station in 1999 after the charges against him were proved beyond rea-sonable doubt.
In the same case, he was separately sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 5,000 for concealing the body, with another six months of simple imprisonment in default of payment.
Joynal had remained in hiding for a long time since the verdict was announced.
The arrestee was handed over to Sonadanga Model Police Station in Khulna for further legal action, Nistar Ahmed added.
