JMB leader Lutfar Rahman arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a leader of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Baghmara upazila of the district yesterday.

The arrestee is Lutfar Rahman Pramanik, adviser of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) of executed JMB leader Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai, and college teacher of Atrai upazila in Naogaon district.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-5 raided Dakkhin Majhgram village and arrested Lutfar, popularly known as Lutfar Professor.

Lutfar was charge-sheeted accused in Abu Taleb murder case filed with Baghmara Police Station, says a Rab press release.

In November 2009, Amjad Hossain, nephew of Abu Taleb of Sajuria village in the upazila, filed the case against Lutfar and other JMB men for killing his uncle in 2004 for extortion.

He was also accused in 10 cases, including those for torture and extortion.

Lutfar returned to the area for reorganising JMB activists, said the press release.