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RAB arrests 4 Ansar-Al-Islam men in city
(Updates with remand information)
DHAKA, Sept 10, 2020 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the
anti-crime elite force, detained four operatives of banned militant
outfit Ansar-Al-Islam in city’s capital’s Mirpur’s Darus Salam area.
RAB-2 (media) ASP Md Abdullah Al-Mamun told BSS that they were
arrested in drives in last 24 hours while they were taking preparation
to purchase firearms for increasing their strength.
The detainees were Amit Hossain alias Abul Kalam alias Sagor alias
Action War, 38, Al-Amin alias Tariq, 32, Shihab Uddin, 21, and
Manikuzzaman alias Manik alias Ratan alias Cycle Man.
Abdullah Al-Mamun said, on a tip off, a team of RAB first conducted
a drive at a house in front of Hotel Royal (residential) at South
Vishil area of Darus Salam Police Station last night and arrested Amit
Hossain alias Action War.
Following interrogation, the ant-crime elite force arrested his
other accomplices from different parts of the city today.
RAB recovered five books of extremism, nine booklets, four leaflets,
one motorcycle, two Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, three bags,
one passport, three mobile phone sets and Taka 15 thousand and 235
cash from them.
A case was filed with Darus Salam Police Station here in this connection.
Later in the day, police produced the arrestees before Dhaka
Metropolitan Magistrate Court with a plea for seven-day remand while
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahinur Rahman granted a three-day
remand for each of them.
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