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Download PDF The law enforcers arrested twelve members of Hizbut Tawhid, an Islamist outfit, in Kochua upazila of the district yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided an area of Kochua Pourasava and its adjacent Tetoiyya and Ghaghra villages in the morning and arrested the Hizbut activists while they were distributing leaflets and books on jihad.
Police suspect the arrestees might have link with banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). They also recovered 60 books on jihad and leaflets from the Hijbut men.
The arrestees include Russell Bhuiyan, 27, of Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj, Rabiul Islam Rabi, 20, of Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat, Anisur Rahman Akbar, 20, of Babuganj upazila of Barisal, Habibur Rahman, 39, of Betagi village under Patuakhali Sadar upazila. Sirajul Islam Mintu, 24, of Rajapur village under Rupsha upazila of Khulna. Nasir Uddin Ahmad, 29, of Kumarkhali, Kushtia, Nahid Khan, 38, of Adua Para village under Kushtia Sadar upazila, Md Sajjad Hossain, 27, of Korerbagh village under Lauhajang upazila, Munshiganj, and Aminul Islam, 28, of, Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj.
Of them, three were arrested from Kochua Paurasava area, three from Tetoiyya village and the rest from Ghaghra village.
It was learnt that the arrestees are the disciples of Bayezid Khan Panni of Tangail.
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