3 Allaher Dal militants held in Gaibandha
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive yesterday arrested three alleged activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Allher Dal from different areas of Sunderganj upazila yesterday.
The arrestees are Afzal Hossain, 44, of Chicha village; Delwer Hossain, 43, of Uttar Shams village and Raju Mia, 33, of Pachim Dulal village. Rab handed over the militants at Sunderganj police.
Raju is district Nayek of Allaher Dal, Rab sources said. Afzal and Delwer confessed to police that they maintained close links with Allaher Dal kingpins Matin Mehdi and Babul Ansari. Both Matin Mehdi and Babul Ansari were arrested on charge of involvement in the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blasts across the country.
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