3 ‘Huji men’ held in raid in capital
Police arrested three members of the banned militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) including its operations branch head during a raid at Sayedabad in the capital.
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police conducted the raid around 5:15pm on Thursday, according to a DMP press release issued yesterday.
The arrestees are Huji Operations Head Mohammad Mainul Islam alias Mahin alias Mithu alias Hasan, Sheikh Sohan Swad alias Boro Abdullah and Murad Hossain Kabir.
One private car, five mobile phones, one microphone, one sharp weapon, two daggers, 10 detonators, 160 bearing iron balls, one scotch tape, five litres of acid, three ID cards, and a book were seized from them.
During primary interrogation, they said they were active members of Huji, said the press release.
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