Two militants, who were awarded death sentence in murder cases filed for the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni’s Foysal Arefin Dipan and blogger Avijit Roy, were snatched away from a court premises in Old Dhaka on Sunday, police said.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s media and public relations deputy commissioner Faruque Hossain confirmed the incident to media.
Police claimed a smoke was spread around when militants sprayed something in the court premises. Amid a chaotic situation, the militants fled.
The two are – Moinul Hasan Shamim alias Sifat Samir, from Madhabpur village in Chhatak upazila, Sunamganj and Md Abu Siddique Sohel alias Sakib from Bheteshwar village in Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat.
Police once announced award for providing information to detain them.
Both Moinul Hasan Shamim and Md Abu Siddique Sohel are accused in several cases.
Chief of Detective Branch (DB) of DMP, additional commissioner Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, also told Prothom Alo that the two death row convicts fled from the court premises.
