 The banned Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) militants held a secret meeting at a mosque in Azampur in city's Uttara thana a day after the deadly series of bomb explosion in the country, reports BDNews.
| With drinks all around, no doubt... |
Meanwhile, BDNEWS Kishoreganj correspondent said that Lance Nayek Harun-ur-Rashid, who was arrested from capital's Mirpur area Tuesday, was taken on a seven-day remand for interrogation. The DGFI officials were quizzing him, Kishoreganj police said. Lance Nayek Harun hails from Kutubpur village in Bajitpur upazila in the district.
| "Lance"? What the hell kind of jihadi name is "Lance"? Does he hang around with Bruce ul-Islam? |
In Dhaka, arrested Masud confessed that, the JMB also held a three-day workshop on 'theoretical arms training and Islami Jihad' in Narayanganj district. Military chief of JMB Ataur Rahman, who is the younger brother of top JMB leader Shaekh Abdur Rahman, along with two other top militants, conducted the training where a good number of apprentice militants took part. "The JMB top leaders trained us sketching the pictures of deadly weapons on the wall board," grilled JMB member Abdur Rahman alias Masud, 18, disclosed this to the members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police Wednesday.
He was brought in the capital from Tangail. "I, along with Abdullah, another JMB member, held a meeting in a mosque at Moinartek in Azampur in Uttara to frame out the attack and to examine our preparation. JMB member Zahid also took part in the meeting and conducted a short briefing about the bomb explosion," Masud confessed. "After the briefing, Zahid gave me a packet containing bombs. On September 17, I planted the bomb in front of Rajuk Trade Centre at Khilkhet which was exploded at around 10-55 am," the young militant narrated.
Masud hails from village Uttarpara in Kaliakoir upazila under Gazipur district and is a second year student of Alim department in Gazipur Millat Madrasa. His (Masud) father Mohammad Aftab Uddin is a teacher of a local madrasa. Masud was arrested from his village home following the confessional statement of his grilled cousin - Mamunur Rashid - another JMB member. Earlier, Rashid was nabbed by intelligence officials from Tangail. Masud told the reporters that after the explosion he left the city and went to Gazipur where he stayed for a few days. "My parents do not know about my involvement with the JMB," Masud claimed. Masud also confessed that he was introduced with Junaied, another JMB member, in 2002.
| "Mom's gonna kill me when she finds out!" |
"Junaied influenced me about Jihad. He (Junaied) also asked me work with JMB," Masud claimed. BDNEWS Madaripur correspondent adds: DB police arrested two members of banned Harkatul Jihad from Madaripur town. The arrested were identified as Ismail Khan, 36, and Abbas Ali, 34. They hail from village Char Uttar Vuterdia under Babuganj upazila under Barisal district. |