Militant suspect arrested
A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a suspected militant from a house at Kaluhati village under Sadar upazila on Wednesday and recovered a toy rifle and books on jihad.
The arrestee is Aktar Hossain, alias Safari, 25 son of Sharafat Hossain of the village.
Jhenidah Rab-6 Commanding Officer Hasan Emon Al-Tajin said, acting on a tip-off, they raided the house of Sharafat in the village at around 4:00am. A bomb disposal team from Khulna joined the drive at around 8:00am.
During the drive they arrested Aktar and recovered some books on jihad and a toy rifle from the house.
Aktar passed the latest Dakhil exam from the local Dakhil Madrasa and got married six months ago.
As the news spread, hundreds of curious people gathered at the spot.
Earlier, in 2016, police and Rab unearthed five militants' dens in different places in Jhenidah, where huge quantities of explosives were recovered. Of them, Rab unearthed two dens and police three.
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