 Although two years have passed since the Islamist militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) launched a countrywide bomb attack, the government has not yet found out the true masterminds behind that group.
| At least they're smart enough to figure that it wasn't Bangla Bhai and Abdur Rahman. There doesn't seem to have been a lot of brain power removed from the Bangla gene pool when they dangled. |
The mystery about the masterminds remains shrouded especially because the six militant leaders who were hanged on March 29 this year were not allowed to speak out before the media before their death. Questions that remain unanswered include those about the foreign links and funding that kept JMB operations alive for years.
| My guess, not verifiable at this point, would be the money came from Soddy Arabia, probably via Dhubai, through a low-profile front man for a Jamaat-e-Islami politician/holy man. Likely the actual chain has more links in it than those, and reeks of red herrings, but that's prob'ly the way it works. |
Meantime, quoting high police officials the press reported that JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai's killing mission of 2004 was launched upon the green signal of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, her all-powerful son Tarique Rahman and the then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar.
| The entire BNP government stank out loud of its support for the Islamists. We even mentioned here a time or two about how the RAB was always going after Purbo Banglar and New Biplobi commies, but seldom after a turban. |
But till date, the law enforcement authorities have not made any official move to initiate an investigation in this regard.
| Mainly because an investigation would lead to some people who're still involving with the running of things, like top bureaucrats. |
The press also reported that out of the top seven JMB leaders, four including Bangla Bhai were previously involved with Jamaat-e-Islami.
| Do tell? Really? We are just so surprised. |
Police investigation based on interrogation of arrested JMB leaders also revealed that most senior leaders of JMB had been previously involved with Jamaat.
| Pure coincidence, of course. |
The law enforcers had arrested a total of 698 JMB activists in connection with the August 17 bomb blast. The government filed 154 cases against them. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad, however, notes that the investigations are still being carried out. "As far as I know, most of the related cases have been already disposed of. The remaining cases will also be quickly disposed of," he said.
Meanwhile, some people who were affected by Bangla Bhai's atrocious killing mission in Rajshahi region have filed several cases against the leading local patrons of JMB in recent months. These patrons are former telecom minister Barrister Aminul Haque, former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and former parliamentarian Nadim Mostafa. These leaders had patronised JMB operations in the Rajshahi region for their personal political gain. But the JMB had already been secretly operating in the country since the late 1990s in different names. |
