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| 2 held for link with Jaish |
| 2010-06-04 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two people on charge of providing shelter to the members of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Bangladesh early yesterday. A Rab team arrested the two--Mohiuddin Ahmed and his brother Salahuddin Ahmed--from Ashulia Bypile Bus stand on the outskirts of capital around 5:30am. Rab members were on a hunt for them after the elite force arrested Pakistani national Rezwan Ahmed with three locals busting Mohiuddin's apartment near Science Laboratory crossings on February 28, Rab officials said. The elite force also arrested another local in this connection near the footbridge in front of New Market on the same day. The four locals were Nannu Mian alias Belal Mandol alias Billal, Abu Naser Munshi, Imad Uddin alias Munna, and Sadeque Hossain alias Khoka. Following the arrests, Rab disclosed that Rezwan was coordinating the activities of JeM in Bangladesh and the four locals were his associates. "Mohiuddin and Salahuddin gave shelter to the Pakistani militants and provided support to recruit locals and arrange their training," Rab's legal and media wing director Commander Mohammad Sohail said at a news briefing yesterday. Rab sources said Mohiuddin, now president of Borkuna union (Hajiganj in Chandpur) unit BNP, was earlier involved with Jamaat-e-Islami while Salahuddin, a former Chhatra Shibir member, is now a Jamaat supporter. Rab officials however said they are investigating whether JeM had any link with the two political parties through Mohiuddin and Salahuddin. Commander Sohail also said Mohiuddin's rented apartment at Sukannya Tower in the city and his village home at Borkuna of Hajiganj in Chandpur were used as shelters for foreign militants and for this, Mohiuddin received huge amount of money. Mohiuddin and his brother also helped Pakistani militants preparing fake Bangladeshi passports. "From information, we have come to know that Mohiuddin has seven to eight shops, fisheries and agro-based businesses in which we have found links of investment by the militants," Sohail told the briefing held at the Rab headquarters in Uttara. |
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