 The Joint Interrogation Cell, after questioning the six militants arrested after bombings at the Chittagong court building on Monday noon, came to know that they had links with the same group, Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, that was responsible for the August 17 chain-bombing, said a senior official of the JIC.
He said, ‘We have confirmed their identity as JMB activists and after interrogation we got some important leads.’
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JIC comprises officials of the DGFI, Special Branch, Detective Branch and Chittagong Metropolitan Police. ‘During interrogation one of the arrested militants, identified as Shahadat Hossain of Thakurgaon, confessed that his party had planned a series of bomb attacks in the country. This time they targeted court buildings and in the future they have other targets,’ said the official. ‘We are now trying to detect the identity of local people who sheltered and helped these militants.’
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‘We will continue to interrogate them here for more details, and they are unlikely to be sent to Dhaka for further interrogation as we have already made headway and got important leads,’ he added.
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The police and intelligence officials have begun a massive hunt for one Abul Kalam Azad alias Mohammad, who commanded the militants involved in the August 17 bomb blasts in Chittagong city. Mohammad’s name came up in the confessional statements of the five Islamist militants arrested earlier who were brought to the capital to be questioned by the Joint Interrogation Cell, said informed sources. |