Youths who left home joined new militant outfit “Jama’atul Ansar”
Rab says after arresting 7 members
Many of the youths who recently left homes in Cumilla and different other areas have joined a new militant group called "Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya".
The outfit comprising the operatives of different militant groups including Ansar Al Islam and JMB and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami was formed in 2017.
Khandaker Al Moin, Rab's legal and Media wing director, came up with the information today (October 6, 2022) after arresting seven leaders and operatives of the new outfit during raids at different areas.
Two of them are the youths who left their Cumilla homes recently.
The arrestees are -- Hussain Ahmed (33), a Madrasa teacher in Patuakhali; Nesar Uddin alias Umayer (34), a scientific officer at a government office in Bhola; Boni Amin (27), computer sales and service provider; Imtiaz Ahmed Rifat (19), an honour's student from Cumilla; Md Sabit (19), a storekeeper at a press in Uttara; Hasibul Islam (20) and Roman Sikder (24).
Of them Hussain, Nesar and Boni are recruiters of the militant group while Rifat and Hasib left their homes in Cumilla on August 23, Roman left Gopalganj a month ago and Sabit left Uttara two months back, Moin said.
"We are not complacent about the situation and we never refute the possibility of any attack. Our intelligence wing is constantly working for the last month… We do not have any specific information (about any attack) right now," he said replying to another query.
The Rab director said they were given physical and organisational training step by step in remote char areas of Bhola and Patuakhali.
Apart from organisational training, they were given technical training so that they can disguise themselves under different professions.