Death row convict in Gazipur sensational murder case arrested after 6.5 years

Police on Wednesday arrested a death row convict in connection with the sensational murder case at Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district, after more than six years.

The covict, Falan, 57, sentenced to death in 2018, was apprehended on Wednesday afternoon in Munshurpur (Tekpara) village of Kaliganj municipality.  

The arrest was confirmed by Kaliganj Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md. Alauddin.  

The victim Billal alias Billu, 45, a labor leader from Ishwarpur village in Bahadur Sadi union, was brutally murdered on December 7, 1995, in Ishwarpur Bazaar following a dispute involving a household worker accused of theft. Billu was lured to the market by one of the accused where he was fatally attacked with sharp weapons and slaughtered.  

The victim's brother, Md. Jalal Uddin, filed a murder case with Kaliganj Police Station, naming 13 suspects. Following an investigation, police submitted a charge sheet against the accused in 1997.  

After 23 years of legal proceedings, the Gazipur Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court-1 delivered its verdict on April 23, 2018. The court sentenced all 13 accused to death and imposed a fine of Tk 10,000 on each of them.  

Following the 2018 verdict, Falon, a resident of Bahadur Sadi village and son of the late Taleb Ali, had been in hiding for over six years. 

Acting on a tip-off, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Kaliganj Police conducted a raid in Munshurpur and arrested him.  

OC Md. Alauddin stated, "The convict was arrested this afternoon and will be presented before the Gazipur court tomorrow (November 28) for legal proceedings."