7 Hizb-ut Tawhid men held

Police arrested seven young alleged members of militant outfit, Hizb-ut Tawhid, and seized a huge number of jihadi books from their possession after they were given a mass beating at Nandangachhi Railway Station in Charghat upazila yesterday.
The arrested are Abdul Zabbar, Yusuf Ali, Moaz-bin Kashim and Mohammad Tapan of Gangni upazila in Meherpur; and Mosharraf Hossain, Shahabul Hossain, and Golam Nabi of Charghat upazila in Rajshahi.
They were admitted to Charghat Upazila Health Complex under police custody, said Abdur Razzak Khan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Charghat Police Station.
Witnesses and police said the militants asked a newspaper hawker, Yusuf Hossain, to sell books of the militant outfit while he was travelling on Uttara Express train. As Yusuf refused to do so they beat him up.
Following the happening, the people at the railway station became angry and beat the militants up.
“We found the Hizbut men were lying almost unconscious on the railway platform,” said the OC.