BANDARBAN, Feb 19, 2023 (BSS) - A court in Bandarban today placed 16 members of the new militant group 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya' and three members of armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) on a three-day remand.
 
Magistrate Syeda Suriaya Aktar of Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Bandarban passed the order.
 
The 16 militants are Aasami Rahman, Md Sohel Molla, Md Al Amin Fakir, Md Miraj Shikdar, Zahirul Islam, Riaz Sheikh, Md Obaidullah, Jewel Mahmud Md. Habibur Rahman, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Abdus Salam Raki, Jobair Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Tawabur Rahman Sohan, Mohammad Mahmud and Mohammad Abu Huraira.
 
The three members of KNF are Malsam Pangkua, Lal Mol Siam Bom and Flag Kroos.

Among them, Md Miraz Shikdar was not produced before the court for his illness.

Officer-in Charge of Thanchi thana in Bandarban district Mohammad Emdadul Haqke told BSS that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 17 members of 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya' and three members of Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) on February 7.