 Another den of the banned Islamist outfit, Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, was unearthed at a house in Uttara, a suburb of Dhaka, on Thursday. The Rapid Action Battalion busted the den at Kotbari of Moinartek late in the evening and seized a huge quantity of explosive materials, five firearms with ammunition and dice for making bullets from a room. The battalion said they detained a man, Habib, from Kotbari in the evening. Habib reportedly eagerly admitted that he is an Ehsar member of the Mujahideen.| "Just put those down, ok?" |
Based on his statement, the battalion raided the den and seized the explosives, weighing over 10 kilograms. The raid continued till 11:00pm. It was the fourth Mujahideen hideout found in the capital since the countrywide bomb blasts of August 17 that killed three people and injured over 150. Earlier, the law enforcers unearthed a den on the ground floor flat of a six-storey building at Basabo on September 8, 2005. Another Mujahideen den was found at a Dakkhin Goran house the same night. Later, the law enforcers busted another den at Manda suburbs on December 14, 2005. The law enforcers have seized a large quantity of explosives in all three hideouts of the Islamist outfit. |