Jhenidah police yesterday arrested two charge-sheeted accused of JMB at Chandipur village in Sadar upazila. The two were involved in the August 17 blasts in Kushtia. The arrestees are Habibur Rahman alias Sahid of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia and Masudur Rahman alias Bablu of Harinakundu upazila in Jhenidah. Our Gopalganj correspondent adds: Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested JMB member Abu Taleb at Sonakur in Sadar upazila yesterday. Taleb, 25, hailing from Garfa village of Mollahat upazila in Bagherhat, was involved in the August 17 serial blasts in Gopalganj, police said.
BDnews reports from Comilla: Detectives arrested suspected JMB cadre Mohammad Nurullah, 20, at Darmapur of Comilla town on Sunday night. Police also seized a number of books on Jihad from his possession. Police said Nurullah of Chandpur was involved in the August 17 blasts. Nurullah admitted that Bangla Bhai and Maulana Abdur Rahman gave them training in firearms such as AK47 rifle and making bombs at three mosques in Comilla and in the deep forest of Sitakunda in Chittagong district.