RANGPUR, Dec 25, 2019 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested a presumed active member of banned militant organisation ‘Allahor Dal’ from in front of Apollo Hospital in Gaibandha district town in the early hours today.
“On a tip off, a special operational team of RAB-13 conducted a raid in
the area and arrested the militant,” said a press release issued by Media
Officer of RAB-13 Major Galib Muhammad Natikur Rahman.
The arrested member is Md. Faruk Hossain, 43, son of Osman Gani Mollah of
village Durgapur in Gaibandha Sadar upazila.
During interrogation, the arrested militant admitted that he had been
regularly attending secret meetings and enlisting new members for the banned
militant organisation for about the last 12 years.
“After filing a case against the arrested man, the elite force handed him
over to Gaibandha Sadar Thana today,” the release said, adding that
investigation continues to nab absconding members of the banned organisation.