Rab arrests pardoned Aslam Fakir for murder
Former Jubo League leader Aslam Fakir, who escaped hanging on presidential clemency in 2015, has been arrested again in connection with another murder case.
A team of Rab-8 yesterday arrested Aslam, 50, son of late Sukur Fakir of Luxmipur village in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila, from a rented house in Chowgachha upazila of Jashore.
In a press conference, Debashish Karmakar, company commander of RAB-8 in Faripdur, said Aslam was arrested around 6:00am in connection with the murder of Shahid Matubbar, 36, son of Joynal Matubbar of Luxmipur village at Manikdaha union in Bhanga upazila.
On April 22, Shajahan Matabbur filed a murder case against 54 people mentioning Aslam Fakir as the prime accused. Rab had been conducting several drives to arrest him since then but failed as Aslam kept on moving from one place to another, he said.
He has moved at least five times since April 22. He rented a house in Chowgachha in mid-May and introduced himself as an expatriate. Aslam was planning to flee to India but we were fortunate enough to arrest him before he could execute his plan, the Rab official added.
The name of Aslam surfaced again after supporters of Shajahan Matabbar and the supporter of Aslam Fakir locked into a clash at Luxmipur village on April 21 morning over establishing supremacy. Shahid Matubbar was killed in the clash.
Earlier, Aslam was sentenced to death for killing Manikdaha union parishad chairman AKM Saheb Ali Mia on September 25, 2003. While on death row, Aslam pleaded guilty to the murder and appealed to the president for mercy on May 19, 2013.
On October 13, 2014, the plea was rejected and November 13, 2014, was fixed for executing his death sentence.
On November 12, Aslam started behaving in a strange manner and it appeared that he was not sane. This resulted in the suspension of the execution. On the same day, the second petition was filed with the president on behalf of Aslam.
Aslam's sentence was commuted on February 28, 2015, and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. After 13 years and two days of imprisonment, Aslam was released from jail.
Abdullah, sub-inspector at Bhanga Police Station and the investigation officer of Shahid murder case, said Aslam would be produced before court on today.
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