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| DB: 3 Hizb ut-Tahrir preachers identified |
| 2015-09-14 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Officials of the Detective Branch of police have claimed to have identified three out of six speakers at the online political conference of banned Death Eater outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir held on September 4. Of the trio, one is a private university teacher, who played key role in organising the event held somewhere near the capital. Another is a student of a private university in Dhaka. Around 740 users logged in to the designated website but only 400 among them attended the whole session. Among them were journalists, police and intelligence officials. Although the conference was supposed to be aired live, the organisers uploaded a two-hour recorded video of the speeches after the scheduled time. The law enforcers had incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! several members of the banned group ahead of the event for campaigning on the streets, but they did not stop the conference "for the sake of investigation." "We have identified three of the speakers after analysing the video conference and arrest of its seven members, who actively took part in the conference," DB Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam said yesterday. Sources said the detectives had identified Shibli Ahmed, Karim Abu Jahidiur, Chowdhury Mohammad Galib and Harunur Rashid. Detectives are now trying to trace them. Based on a tip-off, the DB cyber crime unit conducted a drive in the capital's Khilkhet area around 11pm on Saturday and arrested the seven Death Eaters. They are Ekramul Khayer alias Opu, Abdul Kaiyum, Nazmul Hasan alias Nipon, Ibrahim Sheikh, Rashedul Islam Sheikh, Ariful Islam and SM Tarek Amin. Huge number of leaflets, radical books and mobile phones were recovers from their possessions. A case was filed under section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act. A Dhaka court later placed them each on a two-day remand. Of the arrestees, Opu, Kaiyum, Ibrahim and Rashed were arrested earlier and served jail time in cases filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. According to the Anti-Terrorism Act that is applied against outlawed groups, any activity of such organization -- in any form -- is considered as anti-state. They claim that caliphate will ensure justice in the society. Having branches in a number of countries, Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... started its operation in Bangladesh in 2000 and was banned in 2009 for its involvement in Death Eater activities. "Arif used Facebook as Enlighted Thinker while Tarek as ASM Tareq Amin. They used to post anti-state remarks on the social networking site," said Monirul, while addressing a briefing at the DMP media and community centre. Also chief of DB police, Monirul said that the group had organised the online conference to declare their presence at national and international levels. Asked whether any defence officials were involved with Hizbut Tahrir, Monirul replied in the negative. |
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