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| Yet another woman outlaw held |
| 2009-11-06 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Police arrested another suspected woman cadre of outlawed Gono Mukti Fauz (GMF) from a house of Aruapara in the town yesterday, in a second incident after police launched a drive to nab women armed cadres of outlawed parties. She was identified as Nahid Parvin Champa, 23, daughter of Abu Bakar Siddik, a cadre of GMF. On Wednesday, police arrested Baishakhi Rahman Chumki, 22, a suspected female GMF activist, less than 48 hours after the arrest of Mahila Awami League (AL) town unit general secretary Taslima Khan Ankhi, her accomplice Rani and three other top cadres of GMF. Police said the relation among the top brasses of the outlawed parties and the women was confirmed through checking the mobile phone call list of Ankhi and Rani. Sources in the police said a good number of women involved in outlawed party activities are either members of mainstream political parties or maintain relations with influential political leaders. Police also said they raided a house owned by Tushar around 3:00pm following information gleaned from Ankhi and arrested Champa where she took shelter to avoid arrest. Later, Chumki also provided more information about their activities and on some women involved with their ring. Though police got the names of two sisters -- Champa and Nasrin -- of Aruapara, the latter remains untraced. Meanwhile, Ankhi and Rani with their three accomplices are being interrogated by district police after Kushtia chief judicial magistrate court placed them on a five-day remand on Wednesday. "The outlawed outfits are using women -- a safe medium for preserving and transporting their weapons to different places, just before any 'operation' by the outfits," said Alamgir Hossain, assistant police super (headquarters) of Kushtia, also the coordinator of the drive. According to sources, at least 25-30 women, using veil (Burkha), are active in the outlawed parties' network in the district. Women cadres reached weapons in a number of killing missions, including Bheramara AL leader murder on August 26, where Chumki carried weapons, police said. Different sources, including the police, confirmed that a few women are also just used for 'entertainment'. Asked, Kushtia Police Super Sahabuddin Khan told The Daily Star no political figure can influence their job. |
| Posted by:Fred |