JMB man remanded, another arrested

11 May 2009, 18:00 PM

Star National Desk

Outlawed Jama'atul Mujahidden Bangladesh (JMB) cadre, arrested on Sunday in Tangail, was placed on a seven-day remand yesterday while another cadre of the outfit, charge-sheeted in a murder case, was arrested in Rajshahi the same day. Yunus Ali, 32, JMB coordinator of greater Mymensingh district, was arrested at his uncle's house at Habla Dakkhin Para village in Basail upazila of Tangail early Sunday, reports our correspondent. Police produced him before Judicial Magistrate's Court here seeking a 10-day remand, but the court granted seven days' remand for the JMB cadre. Yunus had been absconding since serial bomb blasts across the country on August 17, 2005. Abul Khayer, officer-in-charge (OC) of Basail Police Station, told The Daily Star that the JMB operative was wanted in seven criminal cases, three in Mymensingh, three in Netrakona and one in Joypurhat. Yunus was involved in militant activities, including arms loot and assault on police at Khetlal in Joypurhat, bomb blasts at four cinemas in Mymensingh, and bomb attack on Netrakona Udichi premises, police sources said. Our staff correspondent from Rajshahi reported that Altaf Hossain Master, 42, a fugitive JMB cadre, was arrested at his house at Konopara in Bagmara upazila yesterday. Altaf, headmaster of Sajuria Primary School, was charge-sheeted in poultry trader Golam Rabbani murder case filed with Baghmara Police Station in 2004. JMB militants, including Altaf Master, abducted Mukul on April 11, 2004. They took Mukul to Taherpur school ground and tortured him. Mukul succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on April 16.