2 militant suspects held in Sadarghat

Rab arrested two alleged activists of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from the city’s Sadarghat area early yesterday.

The arrestees were identified as Abu Saleh Imu, 23, and Saif, 32.

Both are activists of Ansar Al Islam’s publicity wing, said Muhammed Mohiuddin Faruqe, a company commander of Rab-2.

They were arrested upon their arrival to the capital from Barishal, Faruque added.

Imu was an admin of the outfit’s Facebook pages “Ummah” and “Ibada”, from which they used to issue threats, and Saif was his associate, the Rab official said.

Also, Saif is an accused in a case filed in connection with the arrest of two female activists of the banned outfit in Barishal, he said.

Rab claimed to have recovered leaflets, books, multimedia equipment including those for making videos and dubbing, and other material for publicity from their possession.