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Islamist militants have threatened to blow up all the police stations of Bangladesh unless Islamic law and Islamic constitution are implemented. They have also threatened to kill a joint district judge of Laxmipur, Abu Sufian. Our Rajshahi correspondent reports: A Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Maulana Hafizur Rahman recently sent a letter containing the above threat posted from Chapainawabganj district which was received by the police commissioner of Rajshahi. Police said, the sender of the letter, Hafizur Rahman, hails from Shibganj in Chapainawabganj district. Naim Ahmed, Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Commissioner, said investigation has been started to ascertain whether the letter was actually posted by the above-named Hafizur Rahman. Police have been kept on top alert in the RMP area following the threat.
Our Laxmipur correspondent writes: Manobadhiakar Rakkha O Uddhar Committee also threatened to kill Joint District Judge in a separate letter posted from Khulna by its Khulna regional chief. Md Bazlur Rahman, Nazir of Laxmipur District, filed a case with Laxmipur Police Station in this connection. The security measures in the district were beefed up following the threat.
Our Staff Correspondent from Khulna adds: Panic gripped Pabla village under Daulatpur police station this afternoon when a bomb exploded there. None was, however, hurt in the blast. According to police, the bomb wrapped in a gunny bag fell on the ground from the rooftop of a two-storey building, which resulted in the explosion of the device. One Mahfuza Begum,30, a tenant in the ground floor flat, who was on the rooftop at that time for drying her clothing, fainted at the sound of the blast. The windowpanes of the ground floor flat were broken to pieces by the vibration caused by the blast-sound. Police are interrogating Mahfuza Begum and Uzzal, 20, son of Shaikh Delwar Hossain, who owns the building, to determine how the bomb came on the rooftop. No case has been filed by the police with Daulatpur thana till 8 pm in connection with the incident.
Our Faridpur Correspondent reports: Police arrested the mastermind of the August 17 bomb blasts in Faridpur from the town here yesterday. The arrested is Mizanur Rahman Mukul. During interrogation he confessed his link with the bombings in Faridpur, police sources said.