Dozens motivated for jihad
Three female JMB activists tell court
Abu Talha alias Rabin (might be a fake name), a close associate of absconding JMB leader Faridul Islam, motivated dozens of people in Sirajganj for jihad, three arrested female activists of the banned militant organisation said in a confessional statement to the court on Tuesday.
Fulera Khatun, 45, and her daughters Shakila Khatun, 18, and Salma Khatun, 16, gave the confessional statement to the Court of Sirajganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Nazrul Islam on Tuesday evening under Section 164, said Md Shahidullah, Sirajganj court inspector.
Earlier, Sirajganj DB police arrested four suspected operatives of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including Fulera, Shakila and Salma who were waiting for instruction from the high command to take part in fedayeen (suicide) attacks, police said.
“Faridul, son of the Fulera Khatun, is a top IT expert of JMB. He went missing from the house after the Eid-ul-Azha, a year ago, saying, 'I am going to the path of religion'. Then his associate Abu Talha alias Rabin came to us and motivated us for the Jihad,” Md Waheduzzaman, officer in charge (OC) of Sirajganj DB police quoted the arrestees' confessional statement.
“They have mentioned names of some 20 to 25 people organising JMB in Sirajganj, who got primary training from Talha. Police is trying to find out Faridul and Abu Talha as well as other suspects,” he said.