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Police arrested four death row convicts in 14 minutes after they escaped from the district jail early Wednesday.

鈥楢t about 3:56am last night, the four capital punishment awardees made a hole on the roof of the condemned cell of the jail and escaped climbing over the wall with the help of their bed sheets,鈥� Superintendent of Police Sudip Kumar Chakraborty said.


Being informed by Bogura Jail Superintendent Anwar Hossain, police immediately surrounded one kilometer area around the Jail with a security ring, he said at a press conference at SP office this morning.

鈥楢 few minutes later, SI Khorshed Alam arrested them from Chashi Bazar area,鈥� Chakraborty said.

The death row convict arrestees are- Nazrul Islam, 68, Md Amir Hamza, 41, Md Zakaria, 34, and Md Farid Sheikh, 30.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Saiful Islam confirmed the incident, saying: 鈥楢 six member probe-committee has been formed to investigate the matter.鈥�