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| Jamaat trio asked about arms training |
| 2010-07-08 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Interrogators are quizzing detained Jamaat trio Nizami, Mojahid and Sayedee on the information divulged by detained JMB chief Saidur Rahman. Saidur, former Jamaat ameer of Habiganj district, said at least 25 Jamaat rokans (high-ranking field operatives) are actively involved with JMB and that Jamaat provides physical and small arms trainings to its health department members. Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, its Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee are being quizzed at the Detective Branch headquarters in the city in connection with two cases filed with Paltan Police Station. A member of the interrogation team said they had asked Nizami about the training on small arms. In reply the Jamaat chief said blasting bombs and using arms to kill people are the features of JMB, not Jamaat's, he added. Officer-in-Charge of Paltan Police Station Shahidul Haq yesterday told The Daily Star that they are now interrogating the Jamaat leaders about the cases for which the trio were placed on remand. Nizami is on remand in a case filed for obstructing police in discharging their duties while Mojahid and Sayedee are being quizzed in a case filed for blocking a motorcade of the president. Meanwhile, the 24 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists picked up from a meeting in the port city Thursday, were shown arrested in two separate cases and sent to jail yesterday. Among the arrestees, 10 including Majlish-e-Sura member of Chittagong unit Jamaat Mafizur Rahman were shown arrested in a case filed with Double-mooring Police Station in connection with Sunday's rampage in Halishahar and Agrabad areas. They were produced before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Fazlul Bari with a five-day remand prayer for each. The court fixed July 11 for the hearing on the remand prayer, sources said. The other 14 arrestees were shown arrested in connection with assaulting police on October 28, 2009 at Chittagong Medical College under Panchlaish Police Station. The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Muntasir Ahmed sent them to jail. Remand prayer against the arrestees would be placed in the court later, said Sub Inspector Mohammad Alamgir, investigation officer of the case. Police claimed they held 25 activists of Jamaat and Islami Chhatra Shibir Tuesday afternoon during a "secret" meeting on destructive activities in the name of a reception to freshers at a city restaurant. Detained Ali Haider was released later as police found no link of him with Jamaat-Shibir. |
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