 [Bangla Daily Star] Rapid Action Battalion arrested five top Janajuddho cadres including a regional leader and recovered firearms, ammunition and explosives from them at a hotel in Chuadanga Wednesday night.
The arrestees are Sahanur Joardar, 33, regional leader of Shailkupa, Miron, 25, Faruq, 22, Selim 38 and Saiful, 27 of Shailkupa, Jhenidah.
| I'm sure Chuadanga and Shailkupa, Jhenidah can be found somewhere on the map of Bangladesh, if one has a very, very strong magnifying glass. |
Tipped off
a team of Rab-6 led by Maj Shafiqur Rahman raided the hotel near Chuadanga railway station at around 9:30pm. Sensing presence of the law enforcers
the activists fired a shot and blasted a bomb inside the hotel, Rab said.
| Blasting bombs inside one's hotel generally results in a cleaning surcharge added to your bill... or so I've heard. |
Rab later surrounded and arrested them and recovered three pistols, four bombs and 30 bullets from their possession, sources said, adding that they also seized two motorbikes used by the outlaws.
| Jim at the hospital must be feeling lonely with all these arrests. Dr. Quincy hasn't spoken to him in ages. |
Rab said the men came to hold meeting with Janajuddho activists of Chuadanga and adjacent areas in a bid to reorganise the outfit, one of the factions of Purbo Banglar Communist Party.
Given the short lifespan of Purbo Banglar commies, they need weekly meetings
They were organising under the command of new Janajuddho leader Abdul Kuddus, nephew of Abdur Rashid Tapan alias Dada Tapan, sources said.
| Soon to have an encounter of his very own. |
Being a Purbo Banglar Communist Party leader has as much appeal as being the manager of the Washington Nationals. |