2 ‘militants’ held in city

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Staff Reporter :
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday arrested two alleged activists of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam in the city’s Sadarghat area.
The arrestees were identified as Abu Saleh Imu, 23 and Saif, 32, both are activists of Ansar Al Islam’s Publicity Wing, said Muhammad Mohiuddin Faruqe, Company Commander of RAB-2.
They were arrested after they arrived at the capital from Barishal, he said.
Imu was an administrator of the outfit’s two Facebook pages “Ummah” and “Ibada”, from which they used to make different threats, and Saif was his associate, the RAB official said.
A case was filed with the Kotwali Police Station in this regard, he added.

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