Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- A death-row convict who escaped from Kashimpur Central High Security Prison more than two years ago has been arrested in Chattogram city.

Mohammad Bahadur Mia, 35, was arrested in the Akbar Shah area of the port city on Friday, the Special Response Battalion (SRB)-7 said in a media statement on Saturday afternoon.

Bahadur fled Kashimpur Central High Security Prison in Gazipur on Aug 6, 2024, the agency said.

Assistant Superintendent of Police RM Mozaffar Hossain, assistant director for media at SRB-7, said the agency learnt that the fugitive convict was hiding in the Akbar Shah Police Station area.

"An operation was conducted there on Friday afternoon. He was arrested from the Foy's Lake area," he said.

Bahadur is ...