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| JMB's Dhaka chief held |
| 2010-10-03 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The Dhaka divisional chief and two ehsar (fulltime) members of outlawed bully boy outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were jugged in Savar on the outskirts of the capital yesterday. The hard boyz were jugged with eight petrol bombs, 1.5 kilogram bomb-making materials, two identity cards and some tools, said Commander M Sohail, legal and media wing chief, Rapid Action Battalion. The arrestees are Dhaka divisional chief Sharful Islam Likhon alias Rana, ehsar member Sahinul Islam alias Shahinul Alam alias Belal alias Shahin and gayeri ehsar (part-time) member Chainur Rahman. Acting on an intelligence report, Rab personnel were waiting in Boilapur area and jugged the three around 2:00am, Sohail said. Sharful was made the chief of JMB Dhaka unit after the arrest of their chief Saidur Rahman a few months ago, he added. Likhon was the Joypurhat district chief of JMB in 2004, he said. Sharful and his two siblings -- Mohammad Rabiul Islam alias Rabi and Jahangir Alam alias Liton -- were awarded life term imprisonment on charge of series kaboom in Joypurhat on August 17, 2005. Liton and Rabi are behind bars in Rangpur and Joypurhat, respectively. The Rab media wing chief said Sharful seldom went to his village home at Talshan in Joypurhat. They had information that Sharful and two others were coming back to Dhaka yesterday, he added. He said Sharful planned to carry out subversive activities in some posh areas in the capital and was collecting bomb-making materials from across the country. The Rab intelligence wing has information that Sharful after taking charge of Dhaka division engaged some ehsar members to help him in reorganising the banned organisation. Motor mechanic Sharful used to prepare circuits used in bombs, collect bomb-making materials, Sohail said, adding, Sharful also used to take help from Rabi and Liton. Sharful during primary interrogation admitted that he led the August 17 serial blast in Joypurhat. Sharful told interrogators he first came to Dhaka in 2003 and began to work at a motor workshop in Kafrul. Later he learned how to prepare bombs, he added. Sohail said they have found an identity card of Uttara Motors issued for Sharful but could not say immediately whether it is fake or real. Ehsar Shahin was jugged in Panchagarh in 2004 for his involvement with JMB. He was accused of possessing explosives in Dinajpur in December 2008 and remained absconding since then after securing bail from the court. Chainur was jugged in April 2007 in connection with an explosives case in Kurigram and remained absconding after coming out of jail on bail. |
| Posted by:Fred |