Rab arrests three 'militants' in city

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday claimed to have arrested three suspected militants during a drive in the city's Badda area.

The arrestees are Mushfiqul Haque, 24, Biplob Hossain Kamal alias Sunnah Kamal, 26, and Mamunur Rashid alias Abu Yeusha, 26, all of whom were picked up during a drive in the city's Badda area.  

Rab said that the three are members of the Sarwar-Tamim group of banned militant outfit, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

Of the arrestees, Kamal, along with his two friends Imam Hossain Rashed, 27, and Hasan Mahmud, 26, used to work at Telex Ltd on Road No-4 at Block-C in Banani, and went missing on June 3.

Their families filed general diaries with Banani Police Station on June 3 and 4 in this regard.

Kamal, who completed Dawra Hadith, is an imam and was a business assistant at the office, claimed his uncle Rashid Alam, who added that they went to different Rab and police offices to look for him.

Rab, however, claimed that Kamal left his Chandpur home several days ago without informing his family.

In a press release, the force yesterday also claimed that the trio arrested was involved in recruiting new members, collecting funds for the group and circulating radical materials and videos using secret apps. 

Rab officials said, during primary interrogation Mushfiqul admitted his involvement with a fanatic Islamist organisation named Return to Islam and was motivated to join JMB through Mamunur Rashid Kajal, who

has been missing from his home in Sylhet for the last 6-7 months.