Hunt on for 33 Huji operatives | Daily Star
Skip to main content
T
Sunday, September 24, 2023
The Daily Star
E-paper Today's News বাংলা
  • Home
  • News
    • Bangladesh
      • Investigative Stories
    • Investigative Stories
    • Asia
    • World
  • Opinion
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Culture
  • Life & Living
  • Youth
  • Tech & Startup
  • Multimedia
  • Feature
    • Lifestyle
    • Rising Star
    • Showbiz
    • My Dhaka
    • Satireday
    • Campus
    • Toggle
    • Star Literature
    • In Focus
    • Star Youth
    • Shift
    • Daily Star Books
    • Roundtables
    • Star Holiday
    • weekend read
  • More
    • Environment
    • NRB
    • Supplements
    • Law & Our Rights
  • E-paper
  • বাংলা
Search Epaper T
  • Today's News
  • Home
  • News
    • Bangladesh
    • Investigative Stories
    • Asia
    • World
  • Opinion
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Culture
  • Life & Living
  • Youth
  • Tech & Startup
  • Multimedia
  • Feature
    • Lifestyle
    • Rising Star
    • Showbiz
    • My Dhaka
    • Satireday
    • Campus
    • Toggle
    • Star Literature
    • In Focus
    • Star Youth
    • Shift
    • Daily Star Books
    • Roundtables
    • Star Holiday
    • weekend read
  • More
    • Environment
    • NRB
    • Supplements
    • Law & Our Rights

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Apps
  • Comment Policy
  • RSS
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Conference Hall
  • Archives
Front Page
Mohammad Jamil Khan
Sat Oct 5, 2019 12:00 AM
Last update on: Sat Oct 5, 2019 02:18 AM

Most Viewed

  • US visa curbs: We will not share the names

  • US taking steps to slap visa restrictions on Bangladeshis

  • If polls spoiled from outside, people will impose sanctions: PM

  • Heavy rain exposes city’s poor drainage

Front Page

Hunt on for 33 Huji operatives

Mohammad Jamil Khan
Sat Oct 5, 2019 12:00 AM Last update on: Sat Oct 5, 2019 02:18 AM

Aiming to reorganise Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh, Afghan-war returnee Atikullah has been able to establish communication among 33 local leaders of the banned militant outfit in the last six months.

Before Atikullah and two other militant suspects of the militant outfit were arrested last week, some of the 33 local leaders used to work in different madrasas, while others were involved in different businesses, officials of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of police said yesterday.

For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.

At least five of them are hiding in Dhaka and the rest are in Feni and Chattogram, officers said after interrogating the arrestees.

Atikullah, who came to the country from Dubai six months ago, is known by the aliases Asadullah and Julfiqar.

Two other suspects arrested with him in the capital’s Khilgaon on Wednesday are Nazim Uddin alias Shamim, 43, and Borhan Uddin, 45.

They were placed on a four-day remand on Thursday.

Investigators now have information about the other members, CTTC Deputy Commissioner Saiful Islam told The Daily Star yesterday.

 “We are hoping some of them would be arrested soon,” he said.

The suspects had held meetings with each other in the capital, Feni and Chattogram on multiple occasions since Atikullah started trying to reorganise the group.

 “Some of the members had been quite active after meeting the top leaders,” said Saiful.

According to the remand prayer submitted by CTTC Inspector Moniruzzaman to a Dhaka court, Atikullah had taken part in armed fighting in a foreign country in 1992. He went to Afghanistan in 1997 from Pakistan and had met Mollah Omar and Osama Bin Laden, top leaders of al-Qaeda.

Atikullah, who is from Feni, came back to Bangladesh in 1998 and started working in different Qawmi madrasas to spread the network of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam (Huji) in the country, an officer said.

In early 2000, he formed an NGO named Al Ansar Welfare Foundation. Its operation stopped after 2005 when Huji leaders went into hiding amid a crackdown by the law enforcers, the officer said, requesting anonymity.

Atikullah fled to Dubai in 2006, he said, adding that his wife and children also went there a year later.

They had been living in Dubai until Atikullah came back to Bangladesh in March this year, officials said.

After he came back and started contacting the others suspects, a Malaysia-based multilevel marketing company promised to provide funds for the outfit’s activities, they added.

The Malaysian company also made commitments to fund legal battles for the jailed Huji members.

The officers also said the suspects had been trying to establish a network in Rohingya camps using two NGOs as fronts.

“The funding for these NGOs were allegedly coming from Dubai and Saudi Arabia,” the official added.

He, however, refused to name the NGOs before a thorough investigation into the allegations. 

Related topic:
Huji operativesHujiHarkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh
Apple Google
Click to comment

Comments

Comments Policy

Related News

Huji top leader remanded

Huji was being reorganised

9 'militants' held while ‘preparing for bank robbery’

Huji top leader remanded

Huji top leader remanded

The fuss about ISIS and what we need to do

Verdict on appeals Feb 11

নসরুল হামিদ
|বিদ্যুৎ ও জ্বালানি

দুই-তিন হাত ঘুরে এলপিজি সিলিন্ডারের দাম বেড়ে যায়: জ্বালানি প্রতিমন্ত্রী

'বাজারে গেলে দেখা যায়, খুচরা দোকানদারেরা বিভিন্ন এলাকাতে বিভিন্ন উপায়ে দামটা বাড়িয়ে দেয়।'

৬ মিনিট আগে
|বাংলাদেশ

মার্কিন ভিসা বিধিনিষেধে প্রভাব পড়বে না পুলিশ বাহিনীতে: ডিএমপি উপকমিশনার

১ ঘণ্টা আগে
Please Click on allow
The Daily Star
Journalism without fear or favour
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Apps
  • Comment Policy
  • RSS
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Conference Hall
  • Archives
© 2023 thedailystar.net | Powered by: RSI LAB
Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited and constitutes copyright infringement liable to legal action.
X