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JMB cadres admit to August 17 bombings
The four Jamaatul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) cadres arrested in Brahmanbaria on Thursday confessed to police that they were involved in the August 17 bomb blasts in the district town.Arrested Alamgir, 28; Sohel, 25; Arafat, 26; and Shaikh Muhammad Suman, 25 were being interrogated on the second day of their five-day remand yesterday. Police said they got some important information from the JMB cadres but declined to disclose those for the shake of investigation. The four were arrested following information given by JMB cadre Sabbir Ahmed Dulal, arrested in Dhaka on March 8. Police picked up another youth Shafiqul Islam, 28, -- from Kautoli in the town yesterday. Police said Shafiqul Islam has not been arrested. He has been taken into custody for interrogation in connection militancy. Police declined to say when newsmen asked whether he was a JMB suspect. "We will tell you later", a policeman said at the Sadar police station. Earlier on Wednesday, police picked up four others but released them after interrogation. They were Sukumer Roy, 60;. Alamgir, 35; Zilani Abdul Ashique, 30; and Hossain Al Mamun, 35, on Wednesday for asking some-thing. They are under watch, the Officer-in-Charge of Brahmanbaria Sadar police station said. He said JMB cadre Sabbir Ahmed Dulal arrested in Dhaka on March 8 and sent to Brahmanbaria, has been sent to Sylhet for interrogation in a case filed against JMB kingpin Abdur Rahman there. Sabbir was arrested from a saloon in Paltan area in Dhaka city after his cheque book (No. 11674) of Janata Bank branch in Brahmanbaria was found during the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) operation at Surajadigal Bari in Sylhet city from where JMB chief Abdur Rahman was arrested. It is learnt that arrested Sheikh Muhamad Sumon was JMB 'commander' of an area in Brahmanbaria town. Brahmanbaria police and Detective Branch (DB) personnel raided at least 18 place in the town in the last few days in their hunt for Islamist militants, source said. Some sources claimed that JMB Sura member Salah Uddin was hiding in Brahmanbaria. Additional Police Superintendent Abdul Kuddus Amin told newsmen at his office yesterday that raids were launched following information that Salah Uddin was hiding in the town. "We have launched a massive hunt for him", he said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-03-18 |
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