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JMB-ARREST-RANGPUR (with picture)
Two JMB operatives held in Rangpur
RANGPUR, Jan 26, 2019 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested two
presumed operatives of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh
(JMB) from Pirjabad area in the city on Friday evening.
“On a tip off, a special operational team of Militancy Cell of RAB-13
conducted a raid at Pirjabad area here and arrested the JMB militants red-
handed with huge ‘jihadi’ books and leaflets,” a press release said today.
The arrested JMB operatives are Azizul Islam alias Salehi, 30, son of Abdus
Sattar of village Panihara in Sadar upazila of Panchagarh and Shahnewaz Islam
alias Nishat, 26, son of Nurul Islam of Pirjabad area in Rangpur city.
“During primary interrogation, the arrested militants admitted that they
were engaged in collecting tolls from innocent people by delivering wrong
interpretation to continue their organisational activities and purchase arms
and ammunition,” the release said.
They regularly participated in secret organisational meetings, inspiring
innocent youths to become members, enlisting new members locally, preparing
database of their members, conducting trainings and other plans.
“The JMB men delivered information about their planning for conducting
subversive activities in the region, snatching money from NGOs and killing
eminent personalities across the country.
After filing a case in this connection against the arrested JMB operatives,
the elite force handed them over to Kotwali Thana of Rangpur Metropolitan
Police today.
BSS/MI/MSY/1438 hrs