JMB militant held in Naogaon

Police arrested one more militant belonging to the banned Jama'atul Mujahedin Bangla-desh (JMB) from Atrai upazila yesterday, while they sought a 10-day remand for three Jamaat men held on Tuesday under suspicion of having links with the Islamist outfit.
Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Hamidur Rahman, a close aide of the executed JMB leader Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai from Shahebganj Bazar near Atrai municipality as the militant was returning home from his long hideout.
The arrestee, 46, a listed JMB militant and son of Adesh Ali of Jamgram village in the upazila, admitted to his involvement in JMB activities, said Moazzem Hossain, officer-in-charge of Atrai Police Station.
He was implicated in a case filed in December 2007 on charges of extortion and torture, said the police.
Meanwhile, the police brought Abdul Karim, president of Shikarpur union Jamaat, and activists Shahadat Ali and Faruk Hossain before the court of Judicial Magistrate Akhtarul Alam under the section 54 of CrPC.
The police prayed for a 10-day remand for each.