A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Md Abdul Wahed Mondol, a Gaibandha Razakar, convicted and sentenced to death in absentia, from Manda area of the capital.
"Acting on tip-off, an operation team of RAB-3 arrested Wahed, 70, from his son's home in North Manda area under Mugda Police Station around 6pm of Thursday," RAB-3 commanding officer Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin told newsmen at a press briefing held at RAB Media Center in capital's Kawranbazar today.
Md Abdul Wahed Mondol was tried in absentia for his crimes against humanity in 1971 and was convicted and sentenced to death along with four other accused including his father Md Abdul Jabbar Mondol and brother Md Jachhijar Rahman, by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on October 15, 2019.
Wahed was an active member of Jamaat-e-Islami and joined Razakar Bahini in Gaibandha under the command of his father Abdul Jabbar Mondol, tribunal judgment said.
RAB sources said Wahed, his father and brother went into hiding as the trial procedure against them started in 2016. He used to change his location regularly to evade the law enforcing agencies.
RAB handed Md Abdul Wahed Mondol over to Shahbagh Police Station for further proceedings.
