‘JMB men’ arrested in Bagerhat

Police in a raid arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Khalishkhali village in Kachua upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The arrestees are- Akash Mollah, 21, resident of Katarbil area of Kachua upazila, Habib Ullah, 19, Kabirul Islam, 26, hailing from Nazirpur upazila, and Mizanur Rahman, hailing from Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district. On secret information that a group was planning for sabotage, a team of Kachua Police Station raided an abandoned house of one Safayet Sheikh at the village around 3am, said Pankaj Chadra Roy, superintendent of Bagerhat police. Sensing the presence of police, the militants threw hand bombs toward police. Later, police fired seven round bullets in the air. Police entered the house and arrested four of them while their other accomplices managed to flee away.

JMB men arrested in Bagerhat

Police in a raid arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Khalishkhali village in Kachua upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The arrestees are- Akash Mollah, 21, resident of Katarbil area of Kachua upazila, Habib Ullah, 19, Kabirul Islam, 26, hailing from Nazirpur upazila, and Mizanur Rahman, hailing from Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district. On secret information that a group was planning for sabotage, a team of Kachua Police Station raided an abandoned house of one Safayet Sheikh at the village around 3am, said Pankaj Chadra Roy, superintendent of Bagerhat police. Sensing the presence of police, the militants threw hand bombs toward police. Later, police fired seven round bullets in the air. Police entered the house and arrested four of them while their other accomplices managed to flee away.