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Rab rushes to N'ganj village in search of Bangla Bhai
 A combined operation of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and the police yesterday failed to capture the second-in-command of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). Acting on information that Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai is staying at Mollabari Mosque in Rupshi village, over one thousand members of Rab and the police conducted a seven-hour-long combing operation in Rupshi and Tarabo villages. Sources said Rab was informed by one of its informants that Bangla Bhai had prayed his morning prayers at the mosque. A huge contingent of Rab-3 members rushed to the mosque and kept the area cordoned off for hours.
| "Hello? Is dis da RAB? Lookee, dis is Mahmoud the Weasel. Bangla Bhai's shacked up in a mosque in Rupshi!" |
Several hundred members of Rab-3, Rab-10 and also Rab headquarters rushed there to join in the operation. Police from the Rupganj Police Station also joined them. Rab and the police searched all the mosques, madrasas and schools in the villages but failed to arrest anyone. The drive at the Tarabo village continued till 3:30pm. Colonel Mahbub, additional director general of Rab, told BDNEWS, "It was nothing but a rumour that Bangla Bhai is arrested." Talking to BDNEWS, Commander Masuk, director of legal and media wing of Rab, said, "Rab often conducts such types of operations." It may be mentioned another operation at Nikunja in Mohakhali area in the city failed earlier due to leakage of information.
"Hello, Bangla? Dis is Mahmoud the Weasel! Dey're onto yez! Cheezit!"
"Cripes. I can't get outta town right away! Try an' throw 'em off the trail for me!" |
Posted by: Fred 2005-12-29 |
