Fugitive for 12 years arrested in Habiganj

Police on Monday arrested a man who had been a fugitive from justice for 12 years in Habiganj.

Shahab Uddin, 45, of Tetaiya area of Habiganj, was sentenced to one year in prison for attacking a neighbour in 2010.

Mominul Islam, sub-inspector at Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station, said law enforcers were looking for him until he was arrested in a raid on a village in ​​Madhabpur upazila of the district.

A court sent him to jail yesterday.