The three Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants, who were placed on a five-day remand in Rangpur Thursday, disclosed sensational information about their regrouping, technique and plans to blast bombs in NGO offices and other important establishments. Sources in Gangachara Police Station said JMB militants Rokonuzzaman, Khalequzzaman Lebu and Mahbul Haque revealed to the interrogators that they recruited a large number of people at a number of established NGOs in the northern districts.
They were working in NGOs at grassroots-levels and simultaneously regrouping JMB members. The sources said they told interrogators that there are at least 100 active JMB militants in Rangpur of whom 25 are in Gangachara upazila. During interrogation the JMB men said many JMB men took up jobs at different NGOs upon instructions from the high command. Their purpose was to attack those offices in future.
Meanwhile, the three JMB militants were sent to jail custody yesterday on completion of their five-day remand. Police lodged cases against them under Special Powers Act. Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested them at a remote char of the Teesta. Rokunuzzaman is the chief of Saudpara Dakhil Madrasa and Khalequzzaman is a grassroots-level worker of ASOD, a local NGO. Mahbul is the owner of the house from which police arrested them.