August 21 Attack 2004: Huji man who threw grenades arrested Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Rab yesterday arrested a fugitive convict in the August 21 grenade attack case who hurled bombs at the Awami League rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in 2004.
The elite force arrested the fugitive, Iqbal Hossain alias Jahangir alias Selim, from the capital s Diabari area around 3:00am, Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah al Mamun told a press briefing hours after the arrest.
Iqbal, who is a member of banned militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami, Bangladesh (Huji-B), was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal on October 10, 2018.
The Rab chief said Iqbal fled to Malaysia in 2008. When he was identified as an illegal immigrant late last year, the Malaysian government deported him in December last year.