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RAB-ARREST-MILLITANTS (with picture)
3 ‘Allahar Dal’ members held in Khulna
KHULNA, March 17, 2020 (BSS) – A special team of Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB) in a drive arrested three members including Assistant Nayek of banned
militant outfit ‘Allahar Dal’ from the city last night.
The arrested were identified as Md Rakib Hasan, 24, son of Abdur Razzak
Biswas also an assistant nayek of Jashore ‘Allahar Dal’, resident of
Chougacha upazila under Jashore district, Ashikuzzaman Ashikul, 36, son of
Ali Hossain and Shafiqul Islam, 39, son of Mofazzel Hossain of Jhikargachha
upazila in Jashore.
Acting on a tip-off, a special operation team of the RAB-6 conducted the
drive in No-4 Food Ghat Jame Mosque area under Ward no-21 in the city around
11.30 pm and nabbed the trio while they loitering there, said a press release
issued by RAB-6 here today.
The elite force also seized huge jehadi books, leaflets and other Islami
books, a mobile phone and a SIM card from their possession.
During interrogation, the detained persons confessed that they have been
participating in secret meetings regularly and collecting new members and
money for running their activities in the area since long, the release said,
adding that the RAB members arrested a total of 12 ‘Allahar Dal’ members from
the city in last 10 months.
After filing a case, the elite force members handed the detainees over to
the police and following their confessional statement, the RAB members will
continue their drives to nab the remained members of the banned militant
outfit in Khulna and Jashore, the release added.
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