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| Convict of Aug 17 serial blasts held |
| 2007-12-18 |
| A fugitive convict of August 17 serial bombings was arrested in the district bus terminal area yesterday morning. Acting on a tip-off, members of Rab-5 arrested Mansur Rahman, acting regional commander of outlawed Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), when he was trying to flee from the district by a bus at about 6.30am. Rab sources said Mansur was made JMB regional commander after the arrest of regional commander Montezar Rahman. He was trying to organise the JMB militants in the district, they added. Son of Abdul Karim of Palikadoa village under Joypurhat Sadar upazila, Mansur was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia in the serial bombings case in the district. He was also wanted in a case filed after a clash between police and JMB activists at the house of Montezar Rahman at Uttar Moheshpur village in Khetlal upazila of the district on August 14, 2003. |
| Posted by:Fred |