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| Tahrir adviser Prof Maola arrested |
| 2010-07-09 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Detectives arrested Prof Syed Golam Maola, who introduced the banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in the country, from the capital's Elephant Road area yesterday. A team hauled Maola, a professor of the department of Management Studies of Dhaka University, while he was returning to his residence at Dhanmondi in a private car around 2:30pm. Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) Mahbubor Rahman said, "Maola, an adviser of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was playing a pivotal role in the functioning of the banned outfit since Tahrir chief coordinator Mohiuddin Ahmed was arrested on April 20." Maola is accused in three cases filed with Uttara Police Station under Anti-Terrorism Act, he said. Another DB official wishing anonymity said they recently found that a nexus between Jamaat-e-Islami and Tahrir developed to foil the trial of war criminals of 1971. Contacted, Jamaat's publicity secretary Tasnim Ahmed said there is no question of connection between their party and Hizb ut-Tahrir. Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh had been launching open campaign for last few years calling people to establish its self-styled Khilafat rule. However, the government imposed a ban on Hizb-ut Tahrir on October 22 last year for its anti-state and anti-democratic activities. |
| Posted by:Fred |