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| Ansarullah led by 5, Son-in-law of JMB chief one of them |
| 2013-09-01 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Led by five persons, the newly emerged krazed killer group Ansaruallah Bangla Team follows the ideals and policies of international terrorist outfits such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Pakistain-based Tehrik-e-Taliban, revealed detectives. Among the five, its spiritual leader Jasimuddin Rahmani was tossed in the calaboose Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! on August 15. During interrogation, Jasim disclosed the names of Izaz Hossain, son-in-law of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Saidur Rahman, and Major (sacked) Ziaul Haq, one of the conspirators of the foiled coup plot in 2012, a source in the Detective Branch (DB) of police told The Daily Star. Saidur is now behind bars and Ziaul has been absconding. The DB source, however, refused to name the two other leaders of Ansaruallah for the sake of investigation. At times, the two were even more influential than Jasim. Monirul Islam, joint commissioner DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, yesterday said Izaz, who controls the web activities of the krazed killer group from Pakistain, had come to Dhaka a month ago. "Staying for an hour at his residence in Mohammadpur, Izaz had contacted his three brothers," he added. Izaz runs a computer business with his brothers. The DB on August 25 arrested one of his brothers Naimul Hasan, a suspected member of Ansarullah. According to a previous DB blurb, Izaz, as the ameer of Jamaat ul Moslemeen, Bangladesh, about a decade ago used to preach the doctrine of Jihad if "establishing Deen [Islamic Sharia based law] was not possible in a non-violent way." However, women are made to be loved, not understood... the organization became inactive when the leader of the international Jamaat ul Moslemeen, Jordan-born British citizen Sheikh Abu Isa Ali Arrifai Al Hashmi Al Koraisi alias Abu Isa, was arrested by British police in 2002. Later in 2008, Izaz escaped to Pakistain. "A day after the last Eid-ul-Fitr, Jasimuddin Rahmani married the sister of two JMB members," said Monirul. Regarding Major Ziaul, a source in the DB said he is the military commander of Ansarullah and helped the group develop its weapon and arms training manuals. Despite being a resident of the cantonment area while in service, Ziaul used to offer his Juma prayers at Hatembagh mosque in the capital's Dhanmondi, where Jasim had been the Imam around 2008-2009. The two came to know each other at that time, mentioned the DB source. Jasim has connections with top leaders of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami's (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. ) leaders, including Mufti Hannan and Maulana Abdur Rouf. Both leaders are now behind bars in the August 21 grenade attack cases, said Monirul. Though Ansarullah does not have direct links to al-Qaeda, its top leaders had contacted several leaders of al-Qaeda at different times, noted the DB official. For the affiliation of al-Qaeda, the krazed killer group is doing whatever is needed, he maintained. |
| Posted by:Fred |