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Rape-murder fugitive arrested after 22 years

Published : Tuesday, 10 November, 2026 at 1:31 PM

Observer Online Report

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The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) has arrested a fugitive sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a young woman in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram, 22 years after the incident took place.

The convict, identified as Md Nasir, 48, son of Amir Hossain of Shahanagar village in Fatikchhari, was apprehended from the West Dhalai Nayahat area under Hathazari upazila at around 1:30 AM on Monday (November 10).

According to RAB sources, the victim, Roji Akter, stepped outside her home on the night of May 15, 2004, when neighbors Abdul Mannan and Nasir forcibly dragged her into Mannan's shop and gang-raped her.

While pretending to escort her home afterwards, the duo subjected her to further sexual assault. When Roji attempted to leave, the perpetrators suffocated her to death, before hanging her body from a nearby tree with her scarf with the help of two accomplices, Abu Bakkar and Nurul Islam.

Police recovered the hanging body on May 16, initially registering an unnatural death case.

However, following an autopsy report confirming rape and murder, the victim's elder brother, Abu Taher, filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act at Fatikchhari Police Station on July 2, 2004.

To evade arrest, Nasir fled to Oman in 2004 and lived abroad for a long period. Upon returning to Bangladesh, he concealed his identity under the alias Md Azam to evade law enforcement agencies.

RAB-7 Assistant Director (Media) Assistant Superintendent of Police Mosleh Uddin Ahmed stated that a team conducted a raid in the West Dhalai Nayahat area following a tip-off and arrested the fugitive. Process to take further legal action against him is currently underway.

-EM

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