Staff Reporter :
Police have arrested two members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Mymensingh and Rajshahi districts.
In Mymensingh, police arrested Billal Hossain, an alleged suicide squad member of JMB and a member of Dapunia union parishad,
from Shasyamala Kanapara village in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
On secret information, a team of police raided the house of Billal at night and arrested him, said Quamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station. Police also seized five jihadi books from his house.
The OC said, Billal, a suicide squad member of the militant outfit, is accused in five cases, including of murder. “He had long been on the run.” In Rajshahi, police arrested Abdur Rashid, 38, son of Yasin Ali of Sreepur village in Bagmara upazila, from his house early Friday. Nasim Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Bagmara Police Station, said on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive at Rashid’s house in the early hours and arrested him.
The OC also said Rashid was a closed associate of executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai.
A case was filed under the Anti-terrorism Act.
Police have arrested two members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Mymensingh and Rajshahi districts.
In Mymensingh, police arrested Billal Hossain, an alleged suicide squad member of JMB and a member of Dapunia union parishad,
from Shasyamala Kanapara village in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
On secret information, a team of police raided the house of Billal at night and arrested him, said Quamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station. Police also seized five jihadi books from his house.
The OC said, Billal, a suicide squad member of the militant outfit, is accused in five cases, including of murder. “He had long been on the run.” In Rajshahi, police arrested Abdur Rashid, 38, son of Yasin Ali of Sreepur village in Bagmara upazila, from his house early Friday. Nasim Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Bagmara Police Station, said on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive at Rashid’s house in the early hours and arrested him.
The OC also said Rashid was a closed associate of executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai.
A case was filed under the Anti-terrorism Act.
