The Criminal Investigation Department of West Bengal in India has recently arrested Mollah Masud, one of the top terrorists of Bangladesh and a criminal on the red-alert list of Interpol.
A press release of Bangladesh police headquarters issued yesterday said the Indian CID arrested Masud under section 14 of the Foreigner’s Act of India and a case was filed on March 8 in this connection.
The police also said India’s New Delhi Interpol confirmed the arrest of Masud.
There are a number of cases against Masud in the capital’s Ramna police station.
The police headquarters also said Masud would be brought back soon and a process was going on.
Additional Inspector General Mahbubur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune: “We have already taken initiatives to bring him back. But I cannot say for sure how long it will take.”
Mollah Masud was a madrasa student and later studied at Siddheswari College. He vied for the general secretary post of the college’s student union.
He was also the body guard of Ghulam Azam, a convicted war criminal.
However, as the trial of war criminals began he joined the Seven Star group, an underworld criminal gang operating mainly in Dhaka. Following a conflict with other members of the gang Masud formed another criminal gang named Aga 5.
He later fled to India when the home minister declared a reward for the news leading to his arrest along with other top-listed 22 criminals.