Zeesan to be brought back soon
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said top-listed criminal Zeesan Ahmed would be brought back to the country soon.
“The process is underway to bring back Zeesan. We hope that he will be brought to the country soon,” he told journalists after visiting a Durga Puja pandal at the city’s Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh.
Zeesan, aged about 50, was detained by Dubai police four days ago, but his identity was confirmed on Wednesday, said Mohiul Islam, assistant inspector general (national central bureau) at the Police Headquarters.
A notice of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday said the law enforcement agencies were preparing the necessary documents, which would be sent to Dubai for his extradition.
Zeesan had an Indian passport in his possession, in which he was named Ali Akbar Choudhury, a police official said.
He was on the home ministry’s list of 23 top criminals. The list was published a decade ago. He was known as a notorious criminal in Gulshan, Banani, Badda, Motijheel and some other areas of the capital.
Transnational police organisation Interpol had issued a “Red Notice” for Zessan. The Interpol website mentions that he faces murder charges and is accused of possessing explosives in multiple cases.
He came into public focus after he allegedly gunned down two officers of the Detective Brach of police at a hotel in the capital’s Malibagh in 2003.
He went into hiding afterwards. He was believed to have left the country after law enforcers launched a crackdown in 2005.
Zeesan went to India and changed his name to Ali Akbar Choudhury, officials said.
His name resurfaced during the ongoing drive against illegal casinos and arrest of Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan and GK Shamim, who is known as a leader of Jubo League. Officials believe Zeesan was in close contact with them.
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