[Bangla Daily Star] Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) tossed in the slammer 10 activists, two of them women, of Islamist outfit Hizbut Tawhid from Baje Kajla in Rajshahi city last night.
| That's something new: women, and a location findable on a map smaller than 1:15. We needn't call in Rantburg's experts for this one. |
The elite force members also seized compact disks (CDs), jihadi books and leaflets of the organisation from their possession.
| Cell phones and laptops, too, one hopes. Although the Rab haven't been celebrated for their IT branch thus far... |
Acting on a tip-off,
| Mahmoud the Weasel's youngest son has finally joined the family business. |
officials of Rab-4 conducted a drive at Baje Kajla at about 8:30pm
| It appears the Rab have had to add an early shift. |
where the activists were holding a secret meeting in the dead of night, Maj Anwar Ali, commanding officer of Railway Colony Camp, told The Daily Star.
The arrestees are Mozaffar Hossain Lala, 65, Mizanur Rahman Mithu, 28, Razon Ali, 21, Sharif Hossain, 35, Moniruzzaman Milon, 25, Manik Hossain, 29, Nabizul Islam, 35, Ashraf Ali, 24, Moriam Khatun, 24, and Mina Begum, 25.
| Good lord, a begum? What in the world is she doing, slumming with conspirators?!? |
Rab officials said all the arrestees confessed to their involvement with the outfit and claimed that their outfit is not banned.
| How many of this bunch will turn out to be Parlour Greens, d'you suppose? |
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