Fugitive militant held, placed on two-day remand
Convicted militant Mostafizur Rahman Mantu was placed on a two-day remand yesterday following his arrest from the city's Fakirerpool area on Sunday.
Mantu, widely known as Juta (shoe) Mantu, was sentenced to 31 and a half years along with 26 others, including former BNP minister Barrister Aminul Haque, on charges of patronising militancy in Rajshahi region under the leadership of infamous Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai.
Mantu was a close aide to Bangla Bhai, the executed second-in-command of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Mantu confessed to his link with Bangla Bhai and participation in the Bangla Bhai-led vigilante operations in Rajshahi regions covering parts of Naogaon, Rajshahi and Natore districts.
A team of Special Branch captured Mantu in the city's Fakirerpool area on Sunday and handed him over to the Paltan police who shown him arrested under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court yesterday placed Mantu on a two-day remand for interrogation after Paltan police produced him at the court with a prayer for a seven-day remand.
Mantu, 45, told the police that he was staying in Chittagong town since 2007. He used to catch fish in the sea and recently he has started working as the caretaker of a house.
Mantu said he was going to Rajshahi to appear before a court in connection with another case, but the police arrested him after he got down from a bus at Fakirerpool.
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