Law enforcers in separate drives arrested 71 JMB cadres from Cox’s Bazar, Khulna, Sunamganj, Feni, Manikganj, Munshiganj, Nilphamari, Patuakhali and Naogaon. Our Cox’s Bazar Correspondent reports: Police arrested 5 more JMB members from different police stations of Cox’s Bazar district during the last 24 hours. Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police arrested Jafar Alam (25), son of late Moslem uddin of Kutubdia Para, Islamabad Union, under Cox’s Bazar thana, at about 8pm from his house as a suspected JMB member with some leaflets and booklets. Cox’s Bazar police also arrested two suspected JMB men from Muhuripara of Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila last Sunday evening. They are Ahmed Kabir(34) and Mohammad Ali (17). Police arrested them from their homes under Cox’s Bazar Sadar police station. Ramu Thana police arrested Mohammad Sharif (28) from Ramu Upazila headquarters last night.
Chakoria police arrested suspected JMB men Mohammad Jubaer (35), son of Azizul Hoque, from Yeancha, a bordering area running through Chakoria and Lama of Bandarban district last evening. The district’s Police Super told The Independent that they conducted raids on all the suspected spots including madrassas.
Our Staff Correspondent from Khulna reports: a member of the banned Harkatul Jihad was arrested by police from Badhal village of Rupsha upazila in Khulna early Monday. The arrested was identified as Mahbubur Rahman (26), son of Ali Sheikh of Badhal village. Police also seized some Islamic books and documents from him. Police said that they got a mobile phone number of Mufti Hannan from Mahbub.
Our Sunamganj Correspondent reports: Derai Thana police arrested some 25 suspected JMB members from the different parts of the district Sunday evening. Of the persons arrested during the last 24 hours, 22 are from Kushtia, two from Jhenidah and one from Rajbari.
Our Feni Correspondent reports: Police arrested a suspected JMB member from Hotel Pritam in the town at about 9pm Sunday. The arrested person was identified as Ataullah, a madrassa student, who hails from Langalkot of Comilla.
Our Manikganj Correspondent reports: Police arrested a madrassa teacher on suspicion of having links with the militants in Manikganj Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Yakub Ali of Peerganj village in Feni.
Our Munshiganj Correspondent reports: A madrassa teacher was arrested on suspicion of being a militant, from Darul Ulum Madrassa in Munshiganj early Monday. The arrestee was identified as Harunur Rashid (25), son of Naushad Ali of Karail in Chuadanga. Police said they arrested him following a wireless message of Gazipur police. The arrestee was handed over to Gazipur police.
Our Nilphamari Correspondent writes: Nilphamari police arrested four people on suspicion of being JMB members from a quarter of the Palashbari Union Health Centre in Sadar Upazila early Monday. They were identified as Hafez Abu Bakkar of Kittania Para in Sadar Upazila, Hafez Nazrul Islam of Dalbari village, Hafez Yunus Ali of Choura Barogachha Kurigram Para and Babul Hossain, night guard of the health centre.
Our Patuakhali Correspondent reports: Patuakhali Sadar Thana police arrested JMB commander Hafez Al Amini alias Abdullah alias Mintu (28), son of Abdul Khaleq Mollah of Islampur village in Barguna, from Kanthaltoli of Mirjaganj upazila.
Our Naogaon Correspondent reports: Members of RAB-5 nabbed a youth from Pirojpur area of Naogaon Municipality at about 1pm Monday. The arrested person was identified as Naosher Ali (24), owner of a drugstore on Dhaka Road in Naogaon. Meanwhile, the law enforcers recovered two powerful bombs from Khulna and one powerful bomb from Chuadanga yesterday.
Our staff correspondent in Khulna adds: a team of RAB members seized two live bombs from Customs Ghat area under Khulna sadar police station this morning. The bomb disposal unit of RAB defused the bombs by "disassembling" the explosive devices, said a RAB press release issued today. The bomb was made by stuffing a "Zarda" container with marbles, stone chips, ball bearings, nails and some chemicals, added the press release. There has been no arrest by the law enforcers till this evening in connection with the recovery of the bombs.
In another incident, unidentified miscreants hurled a bomb, targeting a fuel-selling shop on BL College road at Daulatpur yesterday (Sunday) evening. The bomb burst after hitting a brick-built pillar in front of the shop. None was, however, hurt in the blast, according to police and other sources. Unconfirmed reports said that some outlaws demanded the toll from the owner of the shop Gazi Hafizur Rahman recently. When contacted, the Deputy Commissioner (North) of KMP said that investigation is going on to identify and arrest the bombers and ascertain the motive behind tossing the bomb.
Our Chuadanga correspondent reports: The law enforcers recovered a powerful live-bomb from Hatikata village under Sadar upazila in Chuadanga Monday. Acting on a secret information, the members of Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) and Sadar thana police recovered the 500 kg bomb wrapped with red tape from the premises of Raisuddin's residence. Police later defused the bomb.