Chuadanga Fugitive arrested in Dhaka 8 years after verdict

A man who was sentenced to one year in jail in a check fraud case in 2013 has been arrested at Banani in Dhaka.

Jainul Abedin Johnny alias Tawfiq, 39, of Belgachhi area in Chuadanga district was arrested on Sunday morning from a Bananii residence in the capital.

Chuadanga Sadar Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Mohsin said Tawfiq was handed over to a  court at 4.30 pm on Sunday,

Tawfiq’s unpaid loans stood at Tk 2.5 crore in 2013 after he incurred huge losses in old vehicles and motor parts businesses in 2010 and 2012.

Several cases were filed against him in Dhaka and Chuadanga courts.

In one of them, he was sentenced to one-year imprisonment in a case over check fraud in 2013. He remained fugitive since then.

OC Mohsin said he was convicted in six cases and there are a total of 10 arrest warrants against him.