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Download PDF Two top leaders of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including one of the condemned killers of two Jhalakathi judges, and three JMB members have been arrested in a series of raids by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka and Mymensingh.
The arrestees are condemned killer and a member of JMB’s reconstituted Majlish-e-Shura Asadul Islam alias Arif and another Shura (highest policymaking body of JMB) member Anwar Hossain alias Faruq, Mymensingh regional commander Shafiqul Islam alias Rakib, Sagar Hossain alias Sayem and Saiful Islam.
Arif is one of the seven condemned killers of two Jhalakathi judges in the district town on November 14, 2005. The other six including JMB supremo Abdur Rahman and his deputy Bangla Bhai were executed in different jails on March 29.
During the raids on Tuesday and Monday, Rab personnel seized two 9mm pistols with nine bullets, seven computers, a large number of compact disks (CDs) and books on ‘jihad’.
Rab officials told a press briefing yesterday they arrested the two top JMB leaders following leads from Sagar Hossain and Saiful Islam,
Locals in Muktaghchha upazila of Mymensingh caught Sagar and Saiful and handed them over to police when they were fleeing after gunning down madrasa teacher Rafiqul Islam at Titlia village on Monday morning.
The two arrestees were then taken to local camp of Rab-9 where they were quizzed. Both admitted that they killed Rafiq on orders from Faruq and Rakib.
Acting on information given by them, a team led by Rab Mymensingh camp commander Major Iqbal raided Rakib’s house in Akua Chukaitola area of Mymensingh town at around 3:30am on Tuesday and arrested Arif and Rakib along with their wives.
A joint team of Rab intelligence wing and Rab-9 then raided Faruq’s rented house in the capital’s Mirpur at around 10:00am on Tuesday following information given by the arrestees.
Rab officials said sensing their presence, Faruq opened fire on Rab personnel. Rab responded to it with fire and Faruq was injured. He was then arrested, and two pistols, bullets, computers, CDs and books on jihad were seized from his house.
At the press briefing, Rab Director General Hassan Mahmood Khandkar said arrest of the JMB leaders particularly the two Shura members is a remarkable success of their activities. “We will not stop with this success, we will continue our efforts to combat militancy,” he added.
Earlier, Rab Intelligence Wing Director Lt Col Asif Ahmed Ansari briefed journalists about the raids.
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