Jail escapee arrested again in Sylhet

Police arrested a man, who escaped from jail custody at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (OMCH) on Saturday night, from Habiganj early Monday. The arrested was identified as Abdus Samad alias Golam Rabbani, an accused of a case filed under in a case filed under the Woman and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000. Jail Super Sagir Miah of Sylhet Central Jail said Rabbani escaped from police custody at the hospital where he was undergoing treatment on Saturday night. Later, he was arrested from Madhabpur area in Habiganj at about 5:30 am on Monday by sub-inspector Bimal Chandra of Madhabpur Police Station. Meanwhile, two constables of Sylhet Central Jail were closed to the district police lines on Sunday on charges of dereliction of duty over the incident. The punitive action was taken against two police constables who were on-duty at the hospital, according to a news agency.