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| Bangladesh |
| NGO founder's arrest still not made official |
| 2009-03-27 |
| The law enforcement agencies yesterday denied arresting British citizen Faisal Mostafa, alleged patron of the militants' den busted in Bhola, while his relatives in Dhaka and Manchester claimed he has been detained since Wednesday. "My relatives in Dhaka called me around UK time 7:00am Wednesday (1:00pm local time) and said my son has been detained in Dhaka," Faisal's father Golam Mostafa told The Daily Star last night. Over phone from Manchester, he also talked about how his son manages funds for his charity Green Crescent that runs the madrasa-cum-orphanage by the same name, where the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) unearthed a mini-munitions factory Wednesday. Meanwhile, Faisal has not yet been named accused in any of the two cases filed in connection with the recovery of firearms, ammunition and explosives from Green Crescent madrasa. Golam Mostafa, who visited the Islamic seminary in Ramkeshob village under Borhanuddin upazila in January, claimed it is only an orphanage. He said his son would send money for the organisation through Manchester branch of state-owned Sonali Bank. The funds would be deposited in two accounts with Doulatkha branch of Sonali Bank. Badal, Alam and Humayun operate the accounts in Doulatkha. "Time and again, I've asked my son to maintain one account," Mostafa said. He said the last time he talked to his son was three days back. Faisal told him he was in Dhaka. "I think he knew nothing about Rab's weapon haul at the orphanage in Bhola." He found his son's cellphone switched-off when he tried to reach him after learning about his 'arrest'. Most probably, he continued, the law enforcers have taken away the phone. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Love the Mossy Oak crossbow, Sea. A jihadi imam gotta be stylin' to impress the ladies. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-03-27 00:46 |
| #1 The RAB was nice and neatly laid out the school supplies... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-03-27 00:32 |