Arrested JMB activists put on remand

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Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court placed six activists of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on 10 days’ remand in three cases for interrogation by the Police.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Alamgir Kabir Raj granted the remand after hearing on Thursday afternoon.The police have been given six days to interrogate the suspects in the anti-terrorism case and two days each in the firearm possession and the explosive substance cases.The suspected militants are learnt to be the members of a suicide squad of the JMB and they have been accused in three cases on the charges of possession of illegal firearms, explosives and anti-terrorism related activities. They are Mostafizur Rahman alias Shifat, 27, Jahid Hasan alias Moin, 21, Noyon Hossain, 21, Jahid Anowar alias Porag 21, Tajul Islam alias Tajul, 29, Ziabul Haque, 24.RAB said that Shifat was a member of Ansarullah Bangla Team, but police identified him as the spokesperson of Daulatul Islam of Bangladesh.According to RAB, Shifat used to take part in terror attacks in Bangladesh on behalf of Islamic State alongside updating IS’ official website Amaq news agency. RAB members detained the suspects in separate raids between Tuesday night and Wednesday from Mirpur, Gabtoli and Airport Railway Station areas. They were handed over to police on early Thursday, said Inspector Firoz Hossain.

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