 Two Jama'atul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) cadres were arrested at Sharulia village in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat district on Friday. They are Shahidul Islam alias Palash alias Imon,23, son of Abdul Wahab Munshi and Noor Alam,24 son of Abdul Ali of the village.
| Oh, that Abdul Ali. His boy was never any good. |
Shahidul Islam is a JMB 'ehsar'. Both the arrestees were involved in suicide bomb attacks on Gazipur court premises on December 12 last year. They were arrested by Gazipur police with the help of Bagerhat Detective Branch (DB) of police following a confessional statement of JMB operation commander Enayet. Earlier, Enayet was arrested from Gazipur district.
Police said Shahidul, who can make 'flux bomb', is one of the accused in two murder cases and another case filed with Gazipur Sadar Police Station under Explosive Substance Act. He confessed to his involvement in bomb attacks on Gazipur court premises, police said.
| He made a bomb from solder flux? Or did he make it from a flux capacitor? |
Gazipur DB police sub-inspector (SI) Ujjal Kumar Dey left Bagerhat for Dhaka with the two JMB cadres in the afternoon.
| Wonder if they make it to Dhaka or whether they encounter their henchmen in an 'ambush' in the early am? |
With the latest arrests, the number of JMB cadres held from Mollahat upazila in the last three days rose to five. They included two 'ehsars' The other JMB 'ehsar' who was arrested from Morrelganj upazila on Thursday is Hanif Munshi alias Amor,23. His father Idris Munshi,60, and younger brother Yunus Munshi, 20, were also arrested on the same day. They were remanded for 10 days for further interrogation.
During interrogation, Hanif Munshi told DB police that he is an 'ehsar' and a suicide bomber. He told police that JMB supremo Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai made him the leader of Sharishabari upazila unit in Jamalpur district. Police said Hanif Munshi also named many top level leaders of JMB moving in disguise in Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts. |