Fugitive convict held

Police arrested a fugitive convict yesterday at Bashbari village under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh. The convict was identified as Azizer Rahman alias Faraz,55, son of Khetu Mohammad of the same village. Police said, on secret information, a team of Panchagarh police station led by sub-inspector Mir Harun-or-Rashid raided Azizer's house yesterday afternoon at about 2:00pm and arrested him. Pachagarh District and Sessions Judge and also judge of a special court awarded Azizer Rahman three years' imprisonment several years ago as the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel recovered smuggled Indian goods from his possession on Atwary border on 23 March in 1990.