Four 'JMB men' held in capital
Four suspected members of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were arrested with books on militancy from the capital's Uttara early yesterday.
Shamsul Huda, 25, is an ehsar (full-time member), Fatik alias Badsha alias Abdullah, 40, and Badrul alias Badar alias Badal, 28, are gayeri ehsar (part-time members) and Abu Bakkar, 26, is an active member.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch of police arrested the JMB men from an under-construction building at Sector 10 in Uttara, said Md Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
"A good number of books and leaflets containing instructions on militant training and bomb-making were seized from the den," he added.
During primary interrogation, Shamsul Huda, a Kamil first-year student of Chapainawabganj Alia Madrasa, admitted that he had long been working as JMB chief in the Uttara area, said officials at a press briefing at DB headquarters on Minto Road.
Shamsul Huda, a former leader of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, is a charge-sheeted accused in JMB IT chief Ruhul Amin murder case. Ruhul was killed on April 26 this year.
“They gathered in the house from different parts of the country to conduct acts of sabotage during Ramadan,” said a DB official.
Monirul Islam, deputy commissioner of DB, said the JMB men were trying to reunite at the field level.
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