RAB arrests war crimes convict in Sylhet

SYLHET, Apr 25 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a convicted war criminal from Sylhet's Golapganj - a year after he was sentenced in a case related to war crimes in 1971.

The 70-year-old convict, Md Abdul Matin, is a resident of Barlekha upazila in Moulvibazar district.

According to the case, Matin took training in India for the Liberation War, but later joined Razakars (collaborators of the Pakistani army) and committed war crimes.

Based on information, a team of RAB-3 arrested the absconding convict Matin from the residence of his nephew in Golapganj on Sunday night.

His arrest comes seven years after he went into hiding following a warrant, RAB said in a press release on Monday.