A sentenced local commander of the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Waliullah alias Abdul Hamid, was arrested at Darail Tarafsartaz village in Bogra's Gabtoli upazila on Monday.Bogra Detective Branch of Police (DB) arrested the Gabtali unit chief of the terror outfit who was given a 10-year jail sentence in 2005 for possessing sulphuric acid, used for making bombs. Police said Waliullah has at least four cases against him, including one for robbery at local Brac office, which he confessed to having committed.
He told police that JMB operatives had orders from Abdul Awal, the executed son-in-law of JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, to kill 'anti-Islamic forces' -- especially judges, journalists, police, Rab and army men -- adding that JMB activists are still out to implement their ideology.
Waliullah, however, said his duty was to reach out to the people with the invitation of the terror outfit. Waliullah also admitted to having trained JMB rookies at Gabtali Taltala Upazila School and said Bogra district unit commander Mamun can make bombs and use AK-47 rifles.