[Dhaka Tribune] An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
was killed in a shootout during a raid by law enforcers at a village in Debhata upazila of Satkhira on Tuesday.
The dear departed was identified as Anwarul Islam, 28, of Nangla village.
"We went to conduct a raid at Ghona village around 9:30am on information that Jamaat-Shibir men were gathering there to launch subversive activities," said Md Mahiduzzaman, additional superintendent of Satkhira police.
The officer claimed that the shootout ensued when Jamaat-Shibir activists hurled brick chips, crude bombs and fired guns at the police, who then fired back.
"Anwarul was found lying with a bullet wound in his leg after the shootout, and he was declared dead after we rushed him to Satkhira Sadar Hospital," Mahiduzzaman told news hounds yesterday.
The officer also claimed that during the shootout, officer-in-charge Tarek Biswas, inspector Tanveer Hasan and three constables of Debhata cop shoppe were maimed by bullets and bomb splinters.
Police also recovered a shutter gun, six rounds of bullets, two machetes and two homemade bombs after the incident.
According to police, Anwarul was an accused in the murder cases of local Awami League leaders Abu Rayhan, Abdul Aziz and Alamgir Hossain.
Following Anwarul's death, a mob vandalised and set fire to the residence of Naopara Union Gay Pareehad Chairman Abdul Khaleque, who is also a local Jamaat leader, at Kanta village, our Satkhira correspondent adds, quoting local villagers.
Police were deployed in the area after the attack.
Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, there was only one thought in the mouse's mind:
I can do this! I can do this!Then the trap sprung...
in separate drives at Kolaroa upazila overnight on Tuesday, law enforcers detained 10 BNP supporters. Police also tossed in the slammer
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
a Jamaat leader from Ullapara in Sirajganj.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels...
a dawn-to-dusk hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
called by Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
in Chittagong and Noakhali yesterday to protest the killing of a Shibir leader in a clash on Sunday was observed peacefully.