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22 Jamaat, Shibir men held in Ctg, Rajshahi
[Bangla Daily Star] Police incarceratedYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! 22 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... in Chittagong and Rajshahi on Saturday. Of the total, 16 were detained in Rajshahi while the rest in Chittagong. RAJSHAHI Police locked away Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! 16 Shibir activists at Kharkhari, Narikelbaria and Ujirpur, on the outskirts of the city, for plotting subversive activities in the city ahead of the Sunday's hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... , said Tanvir Haider, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police. Jamaat called the countrywide daylong hartal protesting the death penalty against Muhammad Kamaruzzaman. International Crimes Tribunal on May 9 awarded death penalty to Kamaruzzaman for his crimes against humanity in 1971. Among the arrestees, Golam Mostafa received rubber bullet injury in his back as he tried to escape the arrest around 6:00am, reports our Rajshahi correspondent quoting Ziaur Rahman, OC of Boalia cop shoppe. Around 200 coppers conducted the raid at three spots for two hours, the DC said adding that police conducted the raid acting on a tip off from the always reliable Mahmoud the Weasel given by some Shibir activists arrested earlier. All the arrestees were brought to Boalia Police Station, the OC added. CHITTAGONG Police nabbed six leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir on charges of vandalism after their leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was given death penalty for his wartime offences. Jamaat activists Md Ali Asgar and Kamal Uddin at Rampura and Latifpur of the port city were arrested during a drive from 1:00am to 4:30am, reports our Chittagong correspondent quoting officers-in-charge (OCs) of Halishahar and Pahartali cop shoppes. Faruk-e-Azam, a central leader of Shibir and also the office secretary of its district unit, was nabbed from Mistripara, according to the police. Police picked up party activists Hassan Mahmud from Rampura and Md Monir and Md Ismail from Karnaphuli Bridge. Jamaat-Shibir men set a bus ablaze in second Shah Amanat Bridge area of Chittagong city Thursday evening protesting the verdict against Kamaruzzaman that sentenced him to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Posted by: Fred 2013-05-12 |
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