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| Shibir man held after gunfight with police |
| 2014-07-07 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Police caught a Chhatra Shibir leader early yesterday, after a 20-minute shootout with him and his cronies at Satkania, Chittagong. Kamal Uddin alias Dari Kamal, 30, an accused in 12 cases including four murder cases lodged with Satkania cop shoppe, was an acolyte of the local Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... leader Shahjahan Chowdhury and was involved in violence perpetrated by Jamaat and Shibir in the upazila in the recent past, said Khaled Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Satkania cop shoppe. He was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital since he was hit by bullet in his right leg during the shootout, Khaled said, adding that a gun and six rounds of bullets were recovered from Kamal's possession. The OC said police arrived at the upazila's Switch Gate area around 2am, having received a tip-off that Kamal and 10-12 of his men were preparing to commit a robbery. "Sensing our presence, they fired at us. When we started firing back in self defence, they fled, leaving injured Kamal behind," he said. The Shibir leader was shown tossed in the slammer Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in a case filed in connection with a robbery that had happened a few days ago. |
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