2 JMB suspects held
A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-14) arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from an under-construction house in Mymensingh city’s Digarkanda area early yesterday.
The arrestees are Ayatullah Al Kabir (19), from Kalmakanda upazila in Netrakona; and Abu Abdullah Md Soyaeb (25), from Lohagara upazila in Chattogram, Rab sources said.
Kabir is a pathology student at a medical institute while Soyaeb is an employee at a company that deals with machineries in Mymensingh city, they added.
At a press conference yesterday, Rab-14 Commander Lt Col Iftekhar Uddin said a group were holding a clandestine meeting to plan subversive activities in the area.
On information, a Rab team raided the area around 12:30am, he added.
Law enforcers caught the two from the spot but the others managed to escape.
The team also seized books promoting extremism, two laptops, two mobile phones and leaflets from their possession.
During primary interrogation, the arrestees confessed that they are active members of JMB since 2017, Rab claimed. After interrogation, they were handed over to Kotwali Police Station.
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