The last of the four prime accused in the brutal killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi boy was today arrested, nine days after the mindless murder provoked public outrage in the country.
Ali Haidar, 34, was hiding from a house in northeastern Sylhet city where he was hiding. He was found by the locals and handed over to the police.
Haidar, the last of the four listed accused in the initial complaint, was arrested over the July 8 killing of Samiul Alam Rajan, who was tied to a pole and then subjected to a brutal assault. Rajan, son of a driver, screamed for help, cried for water and begged for his life while the killers laughed and jeered at him in the 28-minute video in Kumargaon of northeastern Sylhet Sadar Upazila following allegations that the teenager had stolen a rickshaw van. “We have arrested Ali Haidar from a village in the Sadar Upazila. The villagers tracked him down and handed him over to police,” a police officer said.