Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three fugitive convicts, who were sentenced to life term jail in a case over violating an 8th grader for four years after kidnap, from Bhatara area of the capital on Friday .
The arrestees were Bakul Mia, son of Meda Sheikh, his son Shakil, 22, and daughter Shimu Begum.
Tipped off, a team of RAB-2 conducted a drive in the area and arrested them, said a press release of RAB.
According to the press release, Shakil abducted a class VIII student from the city's Gulshan area on way home from school in February, 2019.
Shakil kept her confined till January 17, 2022 after giving sedatives with the help of other convicts. During this period Shakil used to rape the girl.
On January 17, 2022, the girl managed to flee and returned to her house.
A complaint was lodged with police over the kidnap and rape.
In 2022, the Women and Child Repression Tribunal Judge sentenced the trio to life imprisonment in the case.
The trio served jail for three months and later they went into hiding after securing bail in the case.
