3 JMB men held, bomb-making materials seized

27 June 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three activists of outlawed Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) at their houses in Tala upazila on Friday night and seized jihadi books, leaflets and bomb making materials from their possession. The arrestees are Rafiqul Islam Moral, 40, of village Dewanipara and Sajjad Mahmud, 45, and his son Akramul Islam, 22, of village Samajdipur in Tala upazila. Acting on a tip, a DB police team led by Sub-inspector Amal Kumar raided their houses, DB police said, adding that bomb making materials and some jihadi books and leaflets urging people to join the JMB to establish Islamic rule in the country were found at their houses. Police produced them before the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday and the court sent them to jail, rejecting their bail prayer, court sources said.