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17 JMB men sent to jail
DHAKA, May 05, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sent to jail 17 members of
banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who were
arrested on the charges of trying to go to Saudi Arabia to join jihad there.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari passed the order as
police produced them before the court and pleaded to keep them behind bars in
the anti-terrorism act case lodged against them.
The arrestees are: Haider Ali, 44, Mahmudul Hasan alias Masum, Jamirul
Islam, 24, Billal Hossain, 38, Sheikh Arafat alias Jony, 48, Imrul Hasan
alias Emon, 25, Saiful Islam, 25, Mozammel Haque, 33, Shah Jalal, 34,
Akteruzzaman, 30, Mahmudul Hasain alias Sabbir, 23, Abid Ul Mahmud alias
Abid, 22, Sohail Sarder, 33, Obaidul Islam alias Sumon, 30, Mahmud Hasan
alias Sharif, 18, Mazedul Islam alias Mukul, 28, and Sohag Hasan, 20.
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan
Police (DMP) arrested the militants from Kakrail Masjid area as they gathered
there to make the alleged Hijrat (migration) posing as members of Tablighi
Jamaat and join jihad in Saudi Arabia.
The CTTC unit recovered 19 mobile phones, Taka 2.34 lakh and USD 922 from
their possessions. Police later filed a case under anti-terrorism act with
Ramna Police Station.
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