4 death row convicts arrested hour after fleeing Bogura jail

4 death row convicts arrested hour after fleeing Bogura jail

Bogura, June 26 - Four death row convicts, who escaped from Bogura district jail, were re-arrested within one hour on Wednesday.

The convicts are Nazrul Islam Majnu, of Diadanga area in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram, Amir Hossain of Fazarkandi village in Madhabdi upazila of Narsingdi, Zakaria son of Abdul Mannan, mayor of Kahaloo municipality in Bogura and Farid Sheikh of Kuturbari Paschimpara area in Bogura. 

Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, superintendent of Bogura police, confirmed the arrests of the convicts at a press briefing at his office around 9:30am.

Bogura Deputy Commissioner Md Saiful Islam said, they came to know about the escape of jail inmates around 3:55am .

Later, around 4:30am, they were arrested from Chelopara Bridge area, half kilometer off the jail, he added.-UNB