4 JMB men held in Rangpur

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four operatives, including northern region coordinator of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Taraganj upazila of Rangpur on Monday.

The arrestees are northern region coordinator of JMB Abdur Rahman Biswas, 22, alias Fuad, alias Neaz, son of Abul Kashem of Charbhatiar village under Chilmari upazila of Kurigram, Akhinur Islam, 23, son of Akbar Ali of Domabaga village under Birampur upazila of Dinajpur, Lokman Ali, 55, alias Korban, son of late Iman Uddin of Dangapara village under Taraganj upazila of Rangpur, and Mizanur Rahman, 38, son of late Motiar Rahman of Mondalpara village under the same upazila.

The law enforcers also seized a pistol, a revolver, two magazines, three bullets and books on jihad from them.

Rangpur Additional Deputy Inspector General and Commanding Officer of Rab-13 Mozammel Haque told reporters at a press briefing that members of Rab arrested the militants from different places in separate raids conducted in the upazila on Monday night.

Abdur Rahman had been made coordinator of northern region of JMB after a counter-terrorism unit arrested his father Abul Kashem, a 'spiritual' leader of JMB, in March 2017. He had been working to collect funds for JMB, the battalion commander said. The arrested JMB men had a plan to carry out subversive attacks in different places of the country.

Rab handed them over to police, he said.