Suspected Ansar Al-Islam member held in Sylhet

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Sylhet Bureau :
The detainee is Shafayat Ahmed Chowdhury, a second-year student of Sylhet International University
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam, formerly known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), in Sylhet on Wednesday.
The detainee is Shafayat Ahmed Chowdhury, a second-year student of English Department at Sylhet International University.
Shafayat was arrested from Sagor Dighirpar area on Wednesday night, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jahid Hasan of RAB 2 said on Thursday.
The battalion also recovered 15 books related to extremism, training manuals of militants, passports, mobile phones, laptops, video making equipment, and provocative leaflets from his possession.
Shafayat is directly involved with the militant outfit as we have found evidence in this connection, he claimed.
He had a plan to commit subversive activities in Sylhet. We have taken legal action against him, he added.

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