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Where's Bangla Bhai?
The first question of Rab (Rapid Action Battalion) interrogators to detained militant kingpin Abdur Rahman was on the whereabouts of another top militant Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai. "We started interrogating Rahman in the car in which he was brought to Dhaka, soon after a court placed him on remand. And you know, certainly whereabouts of Bangla Bhai was the first question," Director General (DG) of Rab MA Aziz Sarker said.

When contacted over phone yesterday afternoon, he also said acting on information from Rahman, Rab personnel have seized a huge quantity of explosives from Hatilbagh of Shibganj in Sylhet. Rab was also raiding some areas in Habiganj. Aziz however declined to say what Rahman told them about Bangla Bhai. Asked whether Bangla Bhai is in the country, he refused to make any comment. But sources in intelligence agencies said Bangla Bhai and Rahman were shacked up staying together even two months ago. "We don't believe any of the remaining three members of JMB Majlish-e-Shura including Bangla Bhai, who are yet to be arrested, are absconding in India, as assumed by some investigators earlier," said a top law enforcement official. "They are all in Bangladesh and we believe, if we continue our determined efforts, they will certainly be captured." Bangla Bhai, operations commander of the banned Islamist outfit Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), and two other members of Majlish-e- Shura are the next target of the elite force, he said.
Posted by: Fred 2006-03-03
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