Rapid Action Battalion arrested two brothers, who were sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, from Dhaka's Mohammadpur and Mugda areas yesterday.

The arrestees -- Abdul Wahed Mondal and his brother Jachhizar Rahman Khoka -- have been absconding since 2016 after coming out of jail on bail, Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin Ahmed, commanding officer of Rab-3, told a press briefing at the Rab media centre today.

A team of Rab-3 arrested Wahed from Mugda area while a Rab-2 team arrested Khoka from Mohammadpur, he said.

They had been moving around frequently to avoid arrest, Rab said.

On October 15, 2019, the International Crimes Tribunal handed death penalties to five people of Gaibandha, including the two arrestees for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

According to the tribunal's investigation agency, they were involved in four incidents of killings, abduction, confinement, torture, arson and looting.

The charges involved killing one Hindu man, torturing two Hindu women and forcing around 400 Hindus of the Sadar upazila's Sahapara union to leave the country; killing nine people at Nandina village and looting around 50 houses; killing five people at Doulatpur village, and killing seven people in Sahapara union.