Fugitive criminal hacked to death

An alleged criminal who had earlier escaped from jail was hacked to death by assailants in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Monday night.

The deceased was identified as Apu Ahmed, 45, a fugitive convict accused in eight cases involving murder, drugs and arms offences. Police suspect the killing was the result of a dispute with rival criminals.

The incident occurred at a sawmill in Marjal union of the upazila, said Md Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Raipura Police Station. 

Apu, son of Habibur Rahman of the Pahar Marjal area, had escaped from Narsingdi jail during an attack on the prison amid the 2024 July movement.

According to locals, the assailants hacked him to death during the night. On Tuesday morning, residents found his blood-stained body inside the sawmill and informed police.

Police recovered the body and launched an investigation, the OC said.