DHAKA: Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj, has been brought back from India on Thursday night.

Indian Border security force handed over Nur Hossain to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) through Benapole check post around 11:20pm.

Later, he was taken to Rapid Action Battalion-1 headquarters in the city around 6:50am.

RAB-1 memebrs handed over him to Narayanganj police, RAB director Mufti Mahmud Khan said at a press briefing at its headquarters around 7:05am.

Earlier at night, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the media after attending the ongoing Parliament session that the report circulated regarding the extradition of Nur Hossain is true.

On April 27, 2014, seven people, including Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar, were abducted allegedly by Rapid Action Battalion personnel from Dhaka-Narayanganj link road.

Their bodies were found afloat in river Sitalakhya a couple of days later.

The families of the victims accused Nur Hossain and five others for the killings with the assistance of RAB-11.

On June 14, 2014, the Indian National Investigation Unit jointly with Anti-Terrorism Squad had arrested Nur Hossain, along with two other Bangladeshis in Barasat of West Bengal province.

On April 8 this year, police submitted the charge-sheet of the Narayanganj seven-murder case against 35, naming Nur Hossain as the prime accused.

BDST: 0820 HRS, NOV 13, 2015
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