11 militants nabbed at Rajshahi campDocuments of arms, blast training seized
Police arrested 11 suspected Islamist militants including an adherent of Bangla Bhai's Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and two Rajshahi University (RU) students from their training camp in Paba upazila early yesterday. Tipped off, a joint team of Paba and Rajshahi police raided a newly-constructed house at Puthiapara in the upazila, 15 kilometres off Rajshahi, in the early hours and nabbed the militants from the makeshift training centre.
| Militants, huh? How can you tell? |
| The usual holy texts |
The arrestees, mostly in their 20s, denied their involvement in any underground Islamist group but admitted that they had gathered at Mozam's house for a discussion on the "right Islamic way of life in light of the holy Quran and Hadith."
| Which explains the holy arms and explosives training manuals, can't be truely islamic without um. |
The police said house owner Mozam was a participant in the three-day training. Local people assisted the police in the midnight operation and caught RU student Golam Mustafa when he tried to escape arrest. A magistrate court in Rajshahi yesterday granted a seven-day remand for the arrestees after the police produced them in court and sought 10 days' remand. Sources said the arrestees will be sent to Dhaka today following a home ministry directive. They will be quizzed in the joint interrogation cell (JIC).
| "The number 7 truncheon, Mansur. And put on another pot of tea, I'll be working late tonight" |
Aslam was scheduled to deliver the first lecture on the use of arms during the three-day training. But he had managed to escape before the operation began.
| Mahamoud the Rat has a Bangladesh branch office |
| Sounds like your standard al-Qaeda training manual |
Enamul, one of the arrestees, is the principal accused in Yasin Ali murder case. Bangla Bhai men kidnapped Yasin and beat him to death hanging upside down from a tree in front of Kodapara madrasa in Bagmara on June 29 last year. Police however submitted the charge-sheet, excluding Enamul's name. Enamul is learnt to have led a JMJB unit covering Jhargram, Jhikra, Bihanali, Kulimari, Modakhali and Kaliganj villages of Bagmara upazila. He along with Biplob and Golam Mustafa organised the militant training. Sources said Enamul was a close aide of Shahiduzzaman, a nephew of Bangla Bhai and second-in-command of the JMJB chief during his last year's operations.
The police also seized Enamul's diary yesterday that says their group has a total of 19 members, including seven new recruits. It also says that they formed three new units, found four patrons and held two meetings in January this year.
| Sounds like a few late night raids are in order |
Some of the slogans are "Mother, I will die for Allah (in Jihad)", "I will kill, I will die,"
Asked about the entries on the use of arms in their diaries, team leader Enamul Haque said. "Every individual has the right to know about anything. What is the problem if we learn about arms? We are not going to use them."
| Uh huh, I don't think that'll work on the RAB |