Death-row convict held in Gazipur after 27 years
PBC News: A death-row convict has been arrested after remaining fugitive for long 27 years.
Abdul Aziz, 55, the death-row convict in Billal Hossain alias Bilu murder case at Ishwarpur Bazar area under Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur district was arrested from Narsingdi on Monday midnight.
It was informed through a press release signed by RAB-1 assistant director (Media Officer) Noman Ahmad.
Arrested Abdul Aziz, son of Alfaz Uddin Molla of village Moishadi under Shibpur police station in Narsingdi district.
Quoting Aziz, the RAB said in a press release that Bilu and Aziz hailed from two villages which are closed to each other. Bilu and Aziz used to work as labourers at National Jute Mills at local Kholapara area. Aziz and his associates killed Bilu in broad-daylight calling him out of his residence in the morning of December 7, 1995 over stealing a gourd from an orchard of Aziz’s sister-in-law Kadir.
Slain Kadir’s younger brother Jalal Uddin filed a murder case against 10 persons with Kaliganj police station on that day. But, police failed to arrest Aziz and his accomplices as they went into hiding after filing the case. Later, on April 23, 2018, a court pronounced death sentences to 13 accused in connection with Billal Hossain murder and fined Tk 10,000 each.
Since the pronouncement of the verdict, accused Abdul Aziz had remained absconding for 27 years. Eight death-row convicts are now in jail while one died in jail. Three others including Falan, Alam and Manik have been absconding.
Convict Abdul Aziz’s wife Shabmeher alias Swapna along with four children lives at her father-in-law’s house at village Moishadi under Shibpur Police Station in Narsingdi district. Since the murder of Bilu, Abdul Aziz had never gone to his permanent address at Kaliganj. Changing his own address on the NID, he had been living in disguise at his father-in-law’s house in Narsingdi. While remaining as fugitive, Aziz had been selling vegetables changing his profession to conceal his identity.
