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| 4 'militants' held in Nilphamari |
| 2008-12-30 |
| Police early yesterday arrested four suspected Islamist militants at a house only 20 feet away from the house of actor Asaduzzaman Noor, grand alliance candidate of Nilphamari-2 constituency. Acting on a tip-off a contingent of police led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Sazzadur Rahman raided the rented house in Food Office Para and arrested them, police sources said. The arrestees are Helal Uddin, 31, Ramiz Uddin, 37, Ramzan Ali, 30, and Iqbal, 29. Two of them had their families living with them. Locals said the arrestees rented the house two months ago identifying themselves as employees of a ceramic factory and suppliers of tube-well spare parts. Neighbours say that their activities were suspicious and none was allowed inside the house. They also said the landlord had asked them to vacate the house even though they became tenants only a couple of months ago. Officer-in-charge of Nilphamari Police Station Nural Islam said during primary interrogation the suspects said they were members of "Kalema Jamaat" who invite people to follow Islamic ideals. They told police that they were stationery goods suppliers. |
| Posted by:Fred |