3 Tahrir men held in capital
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested three operatives of banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir at Dhanmondi in the capital early Thursday.
The arrestees are the students of different universities including Dhaka University, said Md Aslam Shahjada, a senior assistant superintendent of police and acting operation officer of Rab-2.
A large number of leaflets and books on the organisation, seven cell phone sets and one laptop were also seized from their possession, the Rab official added.
The arrest was made acting on secret information, the ASP added.
The detainees are identified as Tarek Ahsan, 19, a student of Soil Science Department at the Dhaka University; Rashedul Alam, 19, an Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department of United International; and Md Saifullah, 22, a student of Computer Science at State University.
A team of Rab personnel led by Maj Himadri Shekhar, commander of Dhanmondi Rab camp, raided two houses at Road No. 27 and 8/A areas around 1:00am and arrested the trio, the Rab official added.
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