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Police arrest 15 Hizb ut-Tahrir men in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 23, 2019 (BSS) – Police in different drives arrested 15
members, including regional chief, of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir
from different areas of the city.
The arrestees are Hizb ut-Tahrir Chattogram regional chief Abul Mohammad
Ershadul Alam, 36, and its members Afzal Hossain Atiq, 35, Azimuddin, 31,
Abdullah Al Mahfuz, 30, Nasir Uddin Chowdhury, 29, Lokman Gani, 29, Nazmul
Huda, 27, Mohammad Karim, 27, Imtiaz Ismail, 25, Md Azimul Huda, 24, Abdullah
Al Munim, 22, Kamrul Hasan Rana, 20, Ariful Islam, 20, Md Samrat, 22, and
Walid Ibn Nazim, 18.
The drives were conducted between Friday evening and early Saturday,
Additional Deputy Commissioner (South) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police
(CMP) Shah Md Abdur Rauf said.
Police arrested 13 Hizb ut-Tahrir men from the residential area at
Chandgaon when they were holding a meeting. Two others were arrested from
Bayezid police station area, he added.
Police seized laptop, mobile phones, jihadi books and leaflets from their
possession, the ADC added.
Rauf said that regional chief of the banned militant outfit Ershadul was a
teacher at a private English medium school.
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