Online Desk : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a fugitive convict who was sentenced to death in a case filed over rape of a college student at Singra in Natore district in 2012.

A RAB team arrested the convict, Sabbir Ahmed alias Abu Sayeed, from Dhaka airport`s golchattar area after Thursday (May 2) midnight.

Tipped off, a team of Natore RAB camp conducted a drive in the area and arrested Sabbir with the help of RAB-1.

According to the prosecution, Sabbir, son of Md Mostafizur Rahman, of Dhanaidah area under Boraigram upazila in Natore district, had a relationship with a college student in Natore`s Singra upazila.

On October 19, 2012, Sabbir took the girl to Kalam Mirzapur village where he and his friends gangraped her.

Later on October 20, 2012, the family of the rape victim filed a case at Singra Police Station under the Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act. The police pressed charges against 11 people.

On April 5 last year, the judge of Natore Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal sentenced six people, including Sabbir, to death and four to life imprisonment.

A few accused, including Sabbir, have remained absconding since then.