A notorious criminal, who is also an accused in the sensational Liakat Ali Arman murder case was arrested in Mohammadpur area of Chittagong yesterday.

Acting on a tip off, Panchlaish police held Mohammad Jasim Uddin alias Five Star Jasim at around 1:45pm, sources said.

Jasim is an accused in Ward Commissioner Liakat murder case at Chalitatali in 1999. He is also an accused in several criminal cases with various police stations in the port city, sources added.

Later, talking to newsmen at the police station, Jasim confessed that he was involved with the killing of Liakat.

In another incident, Fatikchhari police yesterday detained a criminal and seized 150 bullets of AK-47 rifle.

Mohammad Alamgir, reportedly a member of infamous Didar Bahini, was nabbed in Yeasin Nagar at around 8:30am. Upon his information, police later recovered two magazines and cover of an AK-47 rifle and part of a shotgun from Azimpur village, sources said.