Fugitive Huji man caught in Sunamganj

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday caught an absconding activist of outlawed outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) at Gaglajur village of Chhatak, Sunamganj yesterday.
Md Muhibur Rahman, the Huji man, had been awarded life in prison in a 1996 case. The accused was handed over to Chhatak police after primary interrogation.
Lt Delwar of Rab-9 said the Huji man, during the interrogation, admitted that he had come in touch with the Islamist group in 1996 while studying in a madrasa.
Impressed by the group and to help the poor and oppressed Muslims in Myanmar, he joined a training camp at Ukhia upazila in Cox's Bazar that time, the Rab official said.
Muhibur and 40 others were caught by a joint team of law enforcers on February 19, 1996 while they were undergoing a training, he said, adding that a case was filed against the group later.
Lt Delwar said that although awarded lifetime imprisonment in the case, Muhibur was released on bail after about six months, and he went absconding afterwards.
Md Muhibur Rahman, 37, is son of late Azizur Rahman of Haritala village, Bahubal upazila, Habiganj, he said.