Staff Reporter :
Police have suggested the government to ban the militant group neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (neo-JMB) in view of the notorious attacking plans and busting of different hideouts in city and several districts in recent months.
They have already sent a formal request to the home ministry based on the report of the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Intelligence sources said.
Assistant Inspector General (AIG-confidential) of the Police Headquarters M Moniruzzaman said that the CTTC unit sent the prayer to Home Ministry to ban the outlaw the group.
The ministry is now considering the proposal to ban the breakaway faction of the infamous new-JMB, the police official said. In the last nine months, at least 37 members of the group including Tamim and Marjan were killed in raids and its alleged operations chief Major (sacked) Syed Ziaul Haque and spiritual leader Tamim al-Adnani have remained traceless, they said.
According to Police Headquerters, Canadian citizen Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury played the leading role in forming the new-JMB group after he came back to Bangladesh from Syria in late 2013. He first tried to form an umbrella group of militant outfits and launched attacks in September in 2015. Middle East based terrorist group Islamic State took credit for 29 of the attacks, including the Gulshan café massacre.
The CTTC unit Chief Monirul Islam said that they have made it difficult for the neo-JMB to recruit new members.
In a query, the CTTC chief said that nowadays none showed interest to involve with the banned organization.
Earlier, the government banned Ansar al-Islam on March 5, Ansarullah Bangla Team on May 25, 2015 and Hizb-ut Tahrir on October 22, 2009, Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (Huji) on October 17, 2005, the Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) on February 23, 2005, and Shahadat-e-al Hikma on February 9, 2003.
