He had been using his Baul look and outfit to conceal his real identity for a long time, Khandaker Al Moin, a spokesman for the Rapid Action Battalion, said after Selim’s arrest on Wednesday night.

He went into hiding in 2015 after he was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case filed in Bogura in 2001. Helal Hossain, now 45, later changed his name to Selim Fakir and started staying at ...