‘Neo-JMB IT den’ busted in Savar
1 held; bomb-making materials, sharp weapons seized
Police yesterday busted a den of “Neo-JMB” and arrested a female member of the militant outfit in Ashulia’s Gokulnagar area on the outskirts of the capital.
Police also seized bomb-making materials, crude bombs, sharp weapons, three toy pistols, and computer equipment.
The arrestee Shaila Sharmin, 25, is the wife of militant suspect Tanvir who is a student of Jahangirnagar University and an IT expert. Police are looking for him, said Maruf Hossain Sarder, superintendent of police in Dhaka.
Being tipped off about a militant den, police raided a two-storey building in the evening, he told reporters at the scene after the raid.
The suspects rented a flat on the ground floor of the building one-and-a-half-month ago had been using it as an IT branch of “Neo-JMB”, Maruf said.
Around 4:00pm yesterday, police cordoned off the building owned by Saudi expatriate Akter Hossen. The raid ended around 9:00pm.
A case will be filed in this regard, Maruf said.