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| Top woman outlaw held in Kushtia |
| 2010-01-13 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A woman activist of outlawed Gano Mukti Fouj in Kushtia was arrested yesterday. Nasrin alias Dadi Nasrin, 25, was arrested by a team of detective branch of police at Amlapara in Kushtia. Police arrested Nasrin on charges of her involvement in the killings of Bheramara Awami League Joint Secretary Meherul and college teacher Banda Fattah. She is an accused in five general diaries (GDS) with different thanas of Kushtia. Following the arrest, she was taken to Kushtia police headquarters. She outright denied her involvement with any extremist organisations while talking to journalists at the headquarters yesterday. Besides, she said she had been staying in Dhaka and came two days back to Kushtia. Nasrin also informed the journalists that she has a handicrafts business at her Amlapara residence. Assistant Superintendent of Police Alamgir Hossain said Kushtia DB police on November 2 last year in a raid arrested Nasrin's sister-in-law Taslima Khan Ankhi who was a general secretary of Mahila Awami League, Kushtia unit. The police also recovered AK-47 rifle and 82 rounds of bullets from Ankhi. Later on November 6, police arrested Ankhi's younger sister Nahid Parveen Champa from a house at Aruapara in the town, the ASP added. The ASP alleged that Nasrin and Champa had long been members of the extremist outfit and were involved in arms and narcotics peddling. Nasrin's brother Billal is a friend of Shaheen, a leader of Gano Mukti Fouj. Nasrin and Champa got into the illegal activities and started working as women members of the outfit after being acquainted with Shaheen. With yesterday's arrest, a total of six women members of the extremist outfit have been detained. |
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