‘JMB planned murder in Ctg jail’

SP wife’s murder plot to demoralise cops: Home minister

For the first time in the country, a militant outfit targeted a police officer’s family when members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) killed Mahmuda Aktar Mitu, wife of SP Babul Aktar, in Chittagong yesterday. The killing was carried out to create panic and demoralise the police officer engaged in anti-militancy operations, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said in his immediate reaction to the killing. According to intelligence and police sources, a plot to kill either the SP or a member of his family or some other police officer was hatched in a cell in Chittagong Central Jail one-and-a-half months ago. Then, JMB’s operation wing had assigned three members trained in killing to carry out the plan. The outfit had also sent death threats to Aktar. In addition, higher ups in law enforcement agencies, too, had warned the police officer of a possible attack on him. Following the killing of the police officer’s wife, law enforcement and intelligence agencies held several meetings at their respective offices. All police officers assigned to curb militancy were asked to move carefully and take special care during operations.
According to sources, the intelligence agencies have requested the jail department to closely monitor prisoners convicted or accused of militancy to avert any untoward incident in future. Several senior police officers and security experts told The Independent that the law enforcement agencies were not arresting most of the trained members of militant outfits due to lack of proper investigation and coordination between the field operatives and the respective headquarters of the law enforcement agencies. Security expert and executive director of the Institute of Conflict, Law and Development Studies, Maj. Gen. Abdur Rashid (Retd), said some foreign intelligence agencies and a section of local politicians were involved in promoting militancy in the country. He also said the authorities concerned should take proper steps to curb militancy.
“At the same time, special tribunals have to be established for the trials of suspected militants,” he added. Sources said the JMB had started targeting law enforcers assigned to curb militancy after the outfit’s military wing chief, Md Javed, was shot dead in a police encounter last October. With yesterday’s murder of the SP’s wife, JMB has carried out 11 sensational killings recently. These include the murders of Japanese national Hoshi Konio, Christian priest Luke Sarka, engineer Khijir Khan, ASI Ibrahim, constable Mukul, Hindu businessman Tarun Datt, freedom fighter Hossain Ali, Rajshahi University teacher Rezaul Karim Siddique, and Hindu tailor Nikhil Joarder in Tangail.
So far, at least 39 incidents have been committed by militant outfits, including JMB (25) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (eight), in the country. Police have arrested 144 militants belonging to different outfits and filed 37 cases. The government has already banned six militant outfits—Hizb-ut-Tahrir, JMB and its offshoot Jagrata Muslim Janata, Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad (HuJi), Shahadat-e-Al Hikma and Ansarullah Bangla Team. Sources, however, said a number of militant outfits are still active in the country. These are: Zadid Al Quida, Hijbut Tahrir, Allar Dal, Joishey Mohammad, Warat Islamic Front, Hijbeh Abu Omor, Jaamatul Falaiya, Bishwa Islamic Front, Shahadat-e-Nobuyot, Al Zihad of Bangladesh, Jamayat Assadat, Horkat-e-Islam Al Zihad, Muslim Millat Sharifa Council, World Islamic Front for Zihad, Hizbul Masadi, Islamic Dawati Kafela, Al Islam Marhutas Brigade, Dawate Islam, Tanzim, Ijbe-Abu Omar, Al Harat Al Islamia, Joishey Mostafa of Bangladesh, Al Khidmot, Hizbullah Islami Somaj, Dawate Islam and R-cud.

JMB planned murder in Ctg jail

SP wifes murder plot to demoralise cops: Home minister

For the first time in the country, a militant outfit targeted a police officers family when members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) killed Mahmuda Aktar Mitu, wife of SP Babul Aktar, in Chittagong yesterday. The killing was carried out to create panic and demoralise the police officer engaged in anti-militancy operations, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said in his immediate reaction to the killing. According to intelligence and police sources, a plot to kill either the SP or a member of his family or some other police officer was hatched in a cell in Chittagong Central Jail one-and-a-half months ago. Then, JMBs operation wing had assigned three members trained in killing to carry out the plan. The outfit had also sent death threats to Aktar. In addition, higher ups in law enforcement agencies, too, had warned the police officer of a possible attack on him. Following the killing of the police officers wife, law enforcement and intelligence agencies held several meetings at their respective offices. All police officers assigned to curb militancy were asked to move carefully and take special care during operations. According to sources, the intelligence agencies have requested the jail department to closely monitor prisoners convicted or accused of militancy to avert any untoward incident in future. Several senior police officers and security experts told The Independent that the law enforcement agencies were not arresting most of the trained members of militant outfits due to lack of proper investigation and coordination between the field operatives and the respective headquarters of the law enforcement agencies. Security expert and executive director of the Institute of Conflict, Law and Development Studies, Maj. Gen. Abdur Rashid (Retd), said some foreign intelligence agencies and a section of local politicians were involved in promoting militancy in the country. He also said the authorities concerned should take proper steps to curb militancy. At the same time, special tribunals have to be established for the trials of suspected militants, he added. Sources said the JMB had started targeting law enforcers assigned to curb militancy after the outfits military wing chief, Md Javed, was shot dead in a police encounter last October. With yesterdays murder of the SPs wife, JMB has carried out 11 sensational killings recently. These include the murders of Japanese national Hoshi Konio, Christian priest Luke Sarka, engineer Khijir Khan, ASI Ibrahim, constable Mukul, Hindu businessman Tarun Datt, freedom fighter Hossain Ali, Rajshahi University teacher Rezaul Karim Siddique, and Hindu tailor Nikhil Joarder in Tangail. So far, at least 39 incidents have been committed by militant outfits, including JMB (25) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (eight), in the country. Police have arrested 144 militants belonging to different outfits and filed 37 cases. The government has already banned six militant outfitsHizb-ut-Tahrir, JMB and its offshoot Jagrata Muslim Janata, Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad (HuJi), Shahadat-e-Al Hikma and Ansarullah Bangla Team. Sources, however, said a number of militant outfits are still active in the country. These are: Zadid Al Quida, Hijbut Tahrir, Allar Dal, Joishey Mohammad, Warat Islamic Front, Hijbeh Abu Omor, Jaamatul Falaiya, Bishwa Islamic Front, Shahadat-e-Nobuyot, Al Zihad of Bangladesh, Jamayat Assadat, Horkat-e-Islam Al Zihad, Muslim Millat Sharifa Council, World Islamic Front for Zihad, Hizbul Masadi, Islamic Dawati Kafela, Al Islam Marhutas Brigade, Dawate Islam, Tanzim, Ijbe-Abu Omar, Al Harat Al Islamia, Joishey Mostafa of Bangladesh, Al Khidmot, Hizbullah Islami Somaj, Dawate Islam and R-cud.