Jamaatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB) ehsar (full-time) member Tarikul Islam in his confessional statement before a First Class Magistrate in Sirajganj yesterday said he along with six other cadres took part in the August 17 bomb blasts in the town. The six are Shahi, Rashid, Bashir, Manik, Ahsan and Jewel. He gave the statement before Magistrate Monira Begum under Section 164, police said. Tarikul was placed on three days fresh remand when he was produced before the court on expiry of his seven day's remand.In Gaibandha, JMB commander Lutfur Rahman, arrested on Tuesday, was placed on seven days' remand. Lutfur was arrested by Shaghata police from Barokora village. According to our Sirajganj Correspondent, Tarikul, son of Abu Bakkar of Jamua village in Kamar Kanda upazila, was arrested by Detective Branch police from Shial Khol bus stand in Sirajganj town on March 19. Tarikul said he was recruited by JMJB chief Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and become an Ehsar member when he was a student of Rani Bazar Qwami Madrasa in Rajshahi. Earlier, he studied at Koyra Fazil Senior Madrasa. Three years ago, he took part in three days' arms training conducted by Bangla Bhai in Comilla, he told the magistrate. The August 17 bombing in Sirajganj was ordered by JMB chief Abdur Rahman, he said.
Prior to the bombing, JMB cadres held a secret meeting at his house in Jamua village, where JMB chief Abdur Rahman's son-in-law Abdul Awal and JMB 'operations commander' Ataur Rahman Sunny were also present, Tarikul said. The bombs used on August 17 in Sirajganj town were made at Abdul Awal's house in Bogra and brought to Sirajganj by JMB cadre Jewel in a bus. Police said they will soon submit charge sheet in the August 17 incident, in which Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai will be included.
Our Gaibandha Correspondent reports: Police said Lutfur Rahman's younger brother Mamunur Rashid Mamun, an alleged JMB commander, is also wanted by police for his involvement in the August 17 serial bomb blast in Gaibandha. He is also accused in several cases filed against him in Bogra and Sherpur. Lutfar was hiding since the August 17 bomb blasts.
Meanwhile, according to reports received from Naogaon, a team of army explosives expert led by Capt. Tanveer Tuesday defused seven grenades recovered from the house of JMB cadre Sekander Ali at Parkasurida village in Atrai upazila is the district last month. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered the grenades during a raid but Sekander managed to flee. Rab filed a case against Sekander and another JMB cadre in Gaibandha, but the two are yet to be arrested.