The law enforcers have arrested Khan Akram Hossain, accused of committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, from Rajshahi district on Thursday night, reported BSS.
Akram, 59, alleged Razakar commander from village Doiboggohati under Morelganj police station in Bagerhat, was on run since the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 1 issued arrest warrantagainst him on June 10.
"Akram was the commander of Doiboggohati Razakar camp and we have found enough evidence against him that indicates his direct involvement in at least two incidents of crimes against humanity in Bagerhat," Prosecutor Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon told BSS.
According to the prosecution, Akram was directly involved in the Shakharikathi genocide in 1971, in which 42 people were killed and some were forced to convert.
Earlier on June 11, the police arrested Abdul Latif Talukder, Akram's alleged accomplice in crime, and the next day he was produced before the court. Latif is now in jail custody.