| "Return from Afghanistan" seems to be the common element here. It's unclear whether they returned to Bangladesh 'cos they were run out of Afghanland, or if they recieved orders to go home and wait for further instructions. (Ed. note: Bangla stories are a little hard to follow, I *think* these are different raids than the other story I posted.) |
Police and Bangladesh Rifles, in three overnight raids on Sunday and Monday morning, arrested six suspected JMB activists and recovered a huge explosives, party posters and Islamic books from three villages in border area of Kanaighat upazila, reports UNB. The arrested were identified as Nurul Huq, 45, a mujahid returned from Afghanistan, explosive trader Safar Ali, 35, and suspected JMB activists Bilal Ahmed, 20, Foyezuddin, 18, Mostaq Ahmed, 22, and Masud Mia, 24.Acting on a tip-off, BDR 21 rifles battalion raided a shop at Bhalukmara village at about 8.30 pm Sunday and recovered 11
Patuakhali
Suspected JMB activist, arrested, in was sent to Dhaka Sunday for interrogation in Patuakhali Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC). Police said Al-Amin alias Sentu, 30, was taken on a five-day remand recently, which ended on Saturday. When produced on Sunday the Magistrate court granted him seven days remand again. Al-Amin alias Sentu was arrested from Mirzaganj upazila on December 4. On preliminary interrogation, he admitted that he and his six accomplices exploded bombs in the district on August 17.