3 JMB men held in Rajshahi
Three activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), also charge-sheeted accused in a murder case, were arrested in Baghmara upazila of Rajshahi yesterday.
The arrestees are Mohammad Shamsuddin, 44, Towhidul Islam, 38 and Ismail Hossain, 48.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab's anti-militancy cell in Rajshahi picked them up from their houses at Konopara around 2:30am, Rab-5 Commanding Officer Maj SM Anwar Ali said.
The arrestees are charge-sheeted fugitive accused in Abu Taleb murder case filed with Baghmara Police Station, he said.
In November 2009, Amjad Hossain, a nephew of Abu Taleb of Sajuria village in Baghmara, filed the case against the trio for allegedly killing his uncle in 2004 for extortion.
In the case, Amjad alleged that the trio abducted Taleb and tortured him at a JMB camp in Hamirkutsa village in the upazila and demanded Tk 75,000 as ransom.
Taleb was released as his family paid Tk 35,000. But he was abducted again as the family failed to pay the rest of the money and since then he has remained missing.
The charge sheet of the case was submitted on September 10 this year.
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