RANGPUR, Jan 22, 2026 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested a fugitive convict serving five years and six months in a Lalmonirhat drug case from the Rikari Bazar Kathpatti area under Sadar police station of Munshiganj district on Wednesday.
 
The arrested convict is Md Shafiqul Islam alias Hridoy, 35, son of Md Dildar Hossain of village Charjatrapur under Sadar police of Kurigram district, said a press release.
 
Earlier, he was sentenced to five years and six months in prison in drug case No 562 filed against him at Lalmonirhat Sadar police station in 2014.

On a tip off, a joint team of RAB-13 from Rangpur and RAB-11 from Narayanganj arrested fugitive convict Md Shafiqul Islam alias Hridoy from the Rikari Bazar Kathpatti area of Munshiganj district at 3:150 pm on Wednesday
 
The arrested convict has been handed over to Lalmonirhat Sadar police station for further legal action.