[Bangla Daily Star] Seventeen activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
were jugged in New Mansurabad area of Chittagong yesterday evening on suspicion of hatching anti-state plot, police said.
The jugged, Shamsuddin Ahmed, 22, Nasimul Arefin, 18, Sazzad Hossain, 21, Maharul Islam, 21, Shahidul Islam, 21, Muhin Uddin, 21, Akram Hossain, 20, Nurul Alam, 20, Fakhruddin Ahmed, 21, Manik Hossain, 19, KM Mawla, 22, Syedul Islam, 20, Faruk Hossain, 20, Kamrul Islam, 26, Md. Hasan, 18, Ishtiak Hossain, 20 and Nizam Uddin, 21, are members of the pro-Jamaat-e-Islami
...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
student organization.
Syed Faruk, a sub-inspector of Pahartali Police Station, said acting on a tip-off, they raided a house of Mahabubul Alam around 6:00pm and found the activists holding a "secret meeting".
Law enforcers suspect the meeting was called to plan subversive activities against the state, he said.
Police seized a large number of books on Islamic revolution, some of which are written by Ghulam Azam, training modules for self-protection and battle, and also anti-government leaflets and banners.
The detainees were being quizzed, the SI said.