UNB, Dhaka: Home Secretary Abdul Karim Thursday said Islamic militant outfits that are found in Bangladesh have no operative linkages with international terror networks of Al-Qaeda or Taliban. "Weapons or type of explosives they use may have foreign origin or in neighbouring countries, but their financing is arranged internally, not from external sources," he told a conference on Trend of Militancy in Bangladesh and Possible Responses at BEI office. Karim observed that some smaller militant groups like "Allahr Dal", Hijbut Tauhid and Hijbut Tahrir are seen trying to organize them and put up demonstrations on small issues. "And we're trying to destroy the network of small groups too."Presided over by BEI (Bangladesh Enterprise Institute) president Ambassador Farooq Sobhan, a BEI report on trend of militancy in Bangladesh based on published newspaper reports was presented in the opening session of the daylong conference.
The Home Secretary said JMB (Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh) is known to be a notorious Islamic militant organization while Huji (Harkat-ul Jihad) is considered pioneer of Islamic militancy. Both these outfits were banned by the government and six kingpins of the JMB were already hanged.