4 ‘Neo-JMB’ men arrested in Bogura

The Detective Branch of police claimed to have arrested four members of militant outfit "Neo JMB" in Bogura's Sherpur upazila early yesterday.

The arrestees are Tanvir Ahmed alias Abu Ibrahim, 25, Jakaria Jamil, 31, Atiqur Rahman, 28, and Abu Saaid, 32, hailing from Gopalganj, Tangail and Mymensingh respectively, said Abdul Baten, deputy inspector general (DIG) of DB's Rajshahi range.

Tanvir was a member of the IT section of Neo-JMB while Jakaria was the head of the media wing of the outfit, Baten said in a press briefing at the office of the Superintendent of Bogura police.

Acting on a tip off, a team of DB police arrested the four in Chandihara area around 1:30 am, said the DIG.

The DB team also recovered one pistol, one magazine, two rounds of bullets, one shooter gun, three Burmese knives, one kilogram of gun powder, two red tapes, four batteries and some Jihadi books from them, he said.

The DB police official claimed that Tanvir Ahmed is a second-year student of Jahangirnagar University and a fugitive accused in a terrorism case filed on January 14 with Ashulia Police Station. Tanvir joined the outfit in 2017.

Tanvir was trying to make a drone for conducting terrorist attacks, said the Rajshahi DIG.

On the other hand, Jakaria Jamil was also an accused in the case and he use to translate various terrorism-related articles from Arabic to Bangla and spread them online, police claimed.

Atikur, a student of North-South University's Pharmacy department, was tasked with collecting money from different sources for the outfit, said Abdul Baten.

Accused Abu Saaid, an active member of the outfit, was preparing to go to the Middle-East, said the police official.