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2 Hizb-ut Tawhid men held
The law enforcers arrested two members of Hizb-ut Tawhid, an Islamist outfit in the town yesterday. The arrested activists were identified as, Mohammad Bipul, 20, son Anwar Hossain of Mollataria village of Sadar upazila in Kushtia and Abdul Jabbar, 26, son of Haibatullah of Sindurkouta village under Gangni upazila in Meherpur. Acting on a tip off, a team from Sadar model police station arrested Bipul and Jabbar in Shaheed Satu Hall area at around 12:00pm when they were distributing leaflets on jihad (Islamic uprising). Police seized the leaflets and some calendars from the Hizbut men, said Golam Mortuza, officer in-charge (OC) of Sadar model police station. The founder of the Islamist outfit is Humayun Khan Panni of Tangail district.
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