C T Online Desk: death-row convict in the Ramna Batamul bomb murder case has been arrested by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Member of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HujiB), Mufti Shafikur Rahman was arrested from Bhairab of Kishoreganj around 8pm, the elite force said on Thursday.
He was given death sentence in the case filed for carrying out grenade attack on Pohela Boishakh celebrations by Chhayanaut on April 14, 2001 that killed 10 people and injured over 50 others.
Mufti Shafikur was also given life imprisonment in the August 21 grenade attack case.
Members of the Bangladesh chapter of Pakistan-based militant group HujiB carried out the attacks.
A Dhaka court sentenced eight militants, including Mufti Shafikur, to death and six others to life imprisonment in the murder case on June 23, 2014.
However, the verdict is yet to be implemented as the cases have been pending with the High Court for appeals and death reference hearings.
