Staff Reporter :
Seventeen members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), arrested during their bid to go to Saudi Arabia, have been sent to jail following a court order on Tuesday.
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested them from the city’s Kakrail Masjid area on Monday night.
They had gathered there to make Hijrat (migration) to Saudi Arabia in the guise of Tabligh Jamaat member.
Earlier, police produced them in the court and pleaded to keep them behind bars until the completion of investigation in the case filed against them under Anti-Terrorism Act.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari passed the order on Tuesday afternoon.
The arrested persons have been identified as 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.
The CTTC unit also recovered at least 19 mobile sets, Tk2.34 lakh and $922 from their possession.”
