Overview
- Immigration officers stopped Ahmed Raza Hasan Mehdi at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport as he allegedly tried to board a Europe-bound flight.
- Officials described him as a student activist from Habiganj who is wanted in the August 5, 2024 killing of Sub-Inspector Santosh Chowdhury during the Baniachang police station attack.
- Reports note an earlier video from inside a Bangladesh police station in which Mehdi claimed responsibility for the officer’s murder.
- A video recorded at the airport shows Mehdi alleging physical abuse during detention, a claim not independently verified in the coverage.
- BBC Bangla previously published and later withdrew a report suggesting the officer was targeted, highlighting contested accounts from the 2024 unrest.