4 ‘militants’ arrested

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Staff Reporter :
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday claimed to have arrested three active members of “Sarwar-Tamim group” of the banned outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Chapainawabganj.
The arrested militants are Azibul Haque, 53, Saiful Islam, 35, and Tajamul Islam alias Taju, 45.
On information, a team of RAB-5 conducted a raid in Kamardah mango orchard of
 Chapainawabganj Sadar around 1:00am and arrested Azibul and Saiful from the orchard, said AM Ashraful Islam, Deputy Director of RAB-5.
Following the information of the two detainees, the RAB-5 team conducted another drive in Shibganj upazila of the district and arrested Tajamul from a house around 3:00am, the RAB official also said, adding that the law enforcers also recovered some books on jihad from the arrested men.
Meanwhile, a team of Rab-7 arrested a JMB member named Sharful Islam, 30, from Courtbazar area of Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Sunday, our district correspondent reports quoting Major Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Company Commander of Cox’s Bazar camp.
Sharful, accused in four cases filed with different police stations of Chittagong under Explosive Substances Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act, had been reorganizing the outfit, he said.
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