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18 February 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Nilphamari

Police yesterday arrested a member of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a militant organisation, from a village in Jaldhaka upazila. Jaldhaka police rounded up Mashiur Rahman,40, an assistant teacher of local Rahmania Madrassa in a raid on a house at Purba Khutamara Choupathia village in the morning. Son of Khalilur Rahman at the same village, Mashiur is an active member of JMB, said Jaldhaka Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Norendra Nath Sarkar. He was arrested on the basis of information provided by 13 JMB men arrested in Nilphamari, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat districts during last two months, the OC said. A large number of 'Jihadi' books, leaflets and important letters were recovered from Mashiur's possession, he added. The arrestee was being interrogated at Jaldhaka Police Station.