Two Tahrir men arrested in city
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two activists, one of them a government official, of banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in the capital's Norda early yesterday.
They also recovered many copies of a draft constitution that the banned organisation would like to adopt, maps, leaflets, compact disks, laptops and various publications from the accused.
The arrestees are Ashfaq-e-Zaman, 32, head of IT in a development project under the local government, and Fazle Wahab Litu, 43.
A team of DB personnel led by its Assistant Commissioner (AC) Tareq Bin Rashid arrested Ashfaq and Litu from their residences around 5:00am.
The detainees along with their associates were preparing to commit subversive acts in the diplomatic zones in Gulshan and Baridhara, said Monirul Islam, deputy commissioner of DB-South.
They also propagated their party publications in the area, he added.
However, the accused denied their involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir when questioned by reporters.
“I am a member of Tablig (a non-political Islamic organisation),” said Litu.
When asked about the leaflet publications, CDs and laptops, Ashfaq said his younger brother Liton might be involved with the banned outfit and he kept the items in their house.
Law enforcers have strengthened their activities to nab members of Hizb ut-Tahrir after the army indicated its involvement in the recent foiled plot to topple the government.
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