Ripon Ahmed Bhutto was released Tuesday evening after 18 months of imprisonment while pretending to be another man. What was Bhutto thinking when he agreed to masquerade as a convict sentenced to life imprisonment? It took only Tk10lakh to seduce Bhutto to act as the proxy for Iqbal Hossain Bakul – a 26-year-old convicted for murder. News outlets pounced upon the story of a convict who was wrongfully incarcerated, but mostly due to his own consent. Freedom from incarcerationOn May 16 Tuesday, Bhutto walked out a free man from Sylhet Central Jail.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2017 14:56 UTC