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.
Moulana Yahiya, has been set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock along with his two accomplices in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj early Thursday.
Rab (Rapid Action Battation) set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock the three intercepting a Kishoreganj-bound passenger bus from Sylhet, Maj Walid Hossain of legal and media wing of the Rapid Action Battalion
(Rab) told The Daily Star.| But the Rab are working double shifts, trying to keep up with the crush of miscreants. How can they spare anyone, never mind an entire wing, just to interface with the media? |
| Tusk tusk, the RAB knows just how important a proper media image is. After all, they have us hooked... |
A top Rab official identified the two others as Mohammad Bahauddin, 22, and Yar Mohammad, 50.
Describing the operation, a Rab official, seeking anonymity, said the elite force had a tip-off that the trio were heading towards Kishoreganj in a passenger bus that left Sylhet the same night.
Accordingly, they intercepted several buses at Durjoy intersection in Bhairab and found them in a bus around 2:15am.
The Rab official said they had recovered some training manuals of the outfit and books on jihad from their possessions.
Yahiya fought in Afghanistan and also against Myanmar forces for the Arakan Mohammedans.