News Desk :
The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has arrested a man who evaded justice for 17 years by posing as a journalist, after killing his wife.
The 47-year old Ashraf Hossain Kamal was arrested at Ashulia in Savar on Thursday, nearly one and a half years after a court sentenced him to death.
RAB identified him using some clues from social media, the elite force’s spokesman Khandaker Al Moin said at a press briefing on Friday, reports bdnews24.com
Ashraf, a native of Noakhali, completed his masters in 1998 from Jagannath College and began to work in a cement factory in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon in 2001.
He married Sanjida Akter in 2003 and they began living in the residential facility provided by the company. They had a son.
Police recovered Sanjida’s body from their house on Feb 1, 2005.
Ashraf and Sanjida’s son was 15 months old at that time. Police had arrested Ashraf as a suspect over the murder, but Sanjida’s father Sadek Mia posted bail for Ashraf so he could be with the baby.
But just a day after he was released on bail, Ashraf fled and never contacted any of his kin, or even his child, Moin said.
He married again in 2006 in Ashulia, hiding his identity. He has another 13-year-old child with his second wife.
