‘Financing militant group through cryptocurrency’

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested two members of the banned militant group "Neo-JMB" from Dhaka's Jatrabari area yesterday.

One of the arrestees was identified as Sakib Ahmed Chowdhury alias Jaki while the other is a 17-year-old boy.

A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested them as they met in Matuail area, said Saiful Islam, a deputy commissioner of CTTC.

They are active members of the militant group, he said.

Sakib, after completing his graduation from a private university, started working as a freelancer. He used to help finance the militant group through cryptocurrency, the DC said. 

Another arrestee used to communicate with others through secret messaging app for new recruitment.   

Both of them have been carrying out propaganda campaigns inspired by violent extremist ideology through social media and other online platforms, the CTTC officials said.