A deranged Arun Kanti Ghosh, 45, was released from Dhaka Central Jail after serving for 19 years in a double murder case in old Dhaka.
Once a member of a terror group, Arun killed two of his group over a dispute and was sentenced to serve for 31 years.
Arun, who lost his mental balance after his first two years in prison, was one of the 75 people who were released from the Dhaka central jail as part of government’s decision to set free some 1,000 prisoners serving for long periods. Arun’s elder brother Gopal Ghosh, who came to receive him at the jail gate, said they will try to find cure for Arun and help him lead a normal life.
The government on Thursday released 1,000 prisoners from 68 jails across the country, the largest mass release in the history of Bangladesh.
‘The inmates who had already served 20 years imprisonment were freed from the 68 jails under title 569 of the prison code, which grants amnesty to prisoners who are elderly or have showed good conducts,’ said inspector general of prisons Brigadier Mohammad Ashraful Islam Khan.
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