Staff Reporter :
Eight members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Radical Youth Group were arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Mohammadpur and Bashundhara on 25th and 26th November.
The arrested men are Md Arafat Ajam, 30 from Bandarban; Rashed Alam alias Badhon, 28, Tangail; Mir Afzal Ali, 37, Satkhira; Mahadi Hasan, 23, Laxmipur; Radiuzzaman Hawladar Anik, 27, Madaripur; Jalal Uddin Shovon, 28, Munshiganj; and Zarir Taisir, 26, Noakhali. They are members of JMB’s ‘s Radical Youth Group, said , Mufti Mahmud Khan, Director of Legal and Media Wing of the elite force.
Badhon and Anik are school teachers, while Taisir is a BBA student of Manarat University, Asifur is a Web Designer, and Arafat is a Software Engineer.
“They were close associates of Basharuzzaman Chocolate, one of the planners of the 2016 Gulshan attack,” “We have reports that there have been attempts to revive JMB as the ‘Radical Youth Group’.”
The detainees told RAB that Basharuzzaman formed the group in 2014 at Mohammadpur. It became particularly active between 2015 and 2016 and tried to recruit educated people and professionals.
The group became inactive when Basharuzzaman went into hiding-he
was later killed in a police raid in Chapainawabganj last year.
The notorious, outlawed, militant group JMB men have been trying to stage a comeback with a different name.
Mufti said that the group had at least 30-35 members.
The suspects told RAB that they used to motivate people to collect funds. They also fanned extremism and militancy on the web.
“The group also used to send money to the Rohingyas,” the RAB officer said, without further elaboration.
Eight members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Radical Youth Group were arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Mohammadpur and Bashundhara on 25th and 26th November.
The arrested men are Md Arafat Ajam, 30 from Bandarban; Rashed Alam alias Badhon, 28, Tangail; Mir Afzal Ali, 37, Satkhira; Mahadi Hasan, 23, Laxmipur; Radiuzzaman Hawladar Anik, 27, Madaripur; Jalal Uddin Shovon, 28, Munshiganj; and Zarir Taisir, 26, Noakhali. They are members of JMB’s ‘s Radical Youth Group, said , Mufti Mahmud Khan, Director of Legal and Media Wing of the elite force.
Badhon and Anik are school teachers, while Taisir is a BBA student of Manarat University, Asifur is a Web Designer, and Arafat is a Software Engineer.
“They were close associates of Basharuzzaman Chocolate, one of the planners of the 2016 Gulshan attack,” “We have reports that there have been attempts to revive JMB as the ‘Radical Youth Group’.”
The detainees told RAB that Basharuzzaman formed the group in 2014 at Mohammadpur. It became particularly active between 2015 and 2016 and tried to recruit educated people and professionals.
The group became inactive when Basharuzzaman went into hiding-he
was later killed in a police raid in Chapainawabganj last year.
The notorious, outlawed, militant group JMB men have been trying to stage a comeback with a different name.
Mufti said that the group had at least 30-35 members.
The suspects told RAB that they used to motivate people to collect funds. They also fanned extremism and militancy on the web.
“The group also used to send money to the Rohingyas,” the RAB officer said, without further elaboration.
