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Bangladesh

4 'ABT militants' held in Noakhali

2019-12-10

[Dhaka Tribune] Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) of police on Sunday arrested four alleged members of the banned turban outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)

...a front group for Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki. It is accused of being linked to Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami party in Bangladesh. Formed in 2007 as Jama’atul Muslemin, it went dormant when the funding ran out, only to reemerge in 2013 under the current name with a series of murderous attacks on atheist bloggers, and in 2015 the group was banned. Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, their spiritual leader, was in jail in Bangladesh, last I looked...

from the Durganagar area of Noakhali Sadar.

Police also presented the detainees before the court on Monday, asking for a 10-day remand.

In response to the plea, Chief Judicial Magistrate Soeb Uddin Khan placed the detainees on a four-day remand instead.

The detainees are Mahmudur Rahman Sohel alias Mohan, 26, Md Abdullah Kabir, 25, Arif Hossain Hridoy, 23, and Anwar Hossain, 20.

CTTC sources say they conducted a drive to the area around 8pm on Sunday after receiving a tip-off. There they arrested the four with hard boy books, leaflets, and mobile phones.

OC Nabi Hossain of Sudharam Model cop shoppe said: "A case was filed by CTTC Inspector Rashed Hossain on this regard.

"The accused will be taken to Dhaka for further investigation," the OC added.

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