(Rab) incarcerated a suspected operative of banned Harkatul Jihad Al Islami (HuJI)Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west.
and discovered a cache of firearms, explosives and bomb making materials in his shop on Tuesday night.
| A badman, regardless of orientation. A fair trial and a quick hanging are hopefully in his future. |
He was incarcerated with firearms and bomb making materials from Jibonnagar upazila of Chuadanga in 1998, but was later released on bail.
Produced at a press briefing at Rab-6 headquarters in the town yesterday, Alim denied his involvement with HuJI but confessed to dealing in illegal arms.
Commanding Officer Maj Shakhawat Hossain told journalists that they contacted Alim through middlemen a few days ago expressing interest to buy two shutter guns.
Alim, also known as Halim, asked them to go to his timber shop near Aratpur Masterpara outside the town around 8:30pm on Tuesday.
Plainclothes Rab men went to his shop accordingly and engaged in a conversation with him. They incarcerated him when he produced two shutter guns, said Rab officials.
On information from Alim, Rab men searched his shop and recovered two more shutter guns, a 9mm pistol loaded with one bullet, a revolver and a pipe gun.
The Rab team also recovered two live bombs, half kg of gunpowder, two magazines, cartridge making equipment, bomb making materials, batteries of mobile phones and eight books on jihad.
Alim was taken to the Rab-6 headquarters for interrogation.
About the books on Jihad seized from his shop, Alim said he used to read those for knowledge.