In a success in ongoing anti-extremists drive, police Friday arrested six Islamists militants, including son-in-law of Jaam'atul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman in Thakurgaon.| Sonny was just getting into the family business ... |
Witnesses said police on a tip-off raided a Panchagarah-Dinajpur bus when it reached Thakurgaon in the afternoon and nabbed Awal and his four accomplices. "The arrested were taken to police super’s office," said a witness. Later, police super Khandakar Golam Faruk started interrogating the JMB members. Journalists were not allowed in the SP office.
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The government announced a bounty of Tk 5,000,000 each for Shaikh Rahman and Bangla Bhai, the chief of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh, for their arrest.
In another development, police arrested Abdul Latif, a listed JMB member from his house at Bhangbari in Ranishainkal upazila in Thakurgaon district. Latif told police that he took training in different parts of the country. He remained absconding as his father-in-law was arrested after the August 17 bomb blasts.
In connection with the countrywide bomb attack, meanwhile, Detective Branch and Special Branch arrested Islami Chhatra Sena president Golam Mohammad Bhuiyan Manik from Al Baraka Hospital in the capital's Paltan Thursday night. Police said he was arrested after they found his involvement in the August 17 blasts by bugging his telephone. He was taken on a three-day remand for interrogation on August 17 blasts.
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