Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Md. Abu Bakkar (42), a fugitive sentenced to life imprisonment in a gang rape case, after 21 years in hiding. He was apprehended in the Karnafuli Tea Estate area of Chattogram.

Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police ARM Mozaffar Hossain stated that during initial interrogation, Abu Bakkar admitted to being the convict sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor and fined one lakh taka in connection with the gang rape case. Following his arrest, he was handed over to Fatikchhari Police Station for further legal procedures.