llah’s Dal, an Islamist militant outfit, has over 500 members across the country and is able to carry out subversive activities like the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh. This statement was made by Babul Ansari on Tuesday to officials of the Joint Interrogation Cell. Babul, an arrested leader of Allah’s Dal, was placed on a 10-day remand on October 5. Ansari, a junior security staff of the parliament secretariat, was arrested for his links with the Mujahideen, a banned Islamist outfit responsible for the countrywide bomb blasts of August 17. He disclosed the names of 20 leaders of Allah’s Dal to the interrogators on Tuesday who lead the party residing at separate places all over the country, said sources in the interrogation cell.The regional leaders are Motin Mehedi, Ibrahim Hiru, Mostafizur Rahman Shahin, Mahfuz, Ripon, Liton-1, Liton-2, Boma Ripon, S Alam, Tipu, Jhantu, Biplab, Saiful, Azad, Moazzem, Rashed, Babu, Prince, Majnu and Tushar. Of them, Motin Mehedi was assigned coordinating the bombing operations in Gaibandha. He maintained close links with Bangla Bhai and is wanted in the Gaibandha bombing case. Law enforcers have already launched drives and raids in different parts of the country to nab them. Babul continued to deny his and his party’s involvement in the August 17 bomb blasts. He, however, admitted planning to carry out fresh attacks. Babul also admitted that he, along with Mujahideen cadres moved in the city’s key point installations before the August 17 bombing. ‘Ansari disclosed that they had plans to come to the limelight like Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh,’ said an official of the cell that comprises officials from intelligence agencies. He said though the militant groups operate under separate identities, they have the same goal of forcefully establishing Islam and the rule of Allah in Bangladesh.