Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested five JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) leaders and workers who had been regrouping in Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj. They are Rajshahi regional JMB commander Abdur Rahim, 40, Abdul Quayyum Bin Ikramul Haq, 23, Ziaur Rahman, 25, Abdul Jabbar, 20, of Shahebgram and Manirul Islam of Nandalalpur Biharipara in the upazila.
The law enforcers also seized some jihadi books, audio cassettes, compact disks (CDs) and diaries from their possession. Rab members also held some 14 other people in different raids yesterday, including a PBCP outlaw, an imposter masquerading as Rab member and some Phensidyl smugglers. |