24 ‘Islami Samaj’ members arrested in port city

Detective Branch (DB) of police detained 24 members of “Islami Samaj” on Friday in Mousumi Residential Area under Pahartali Police Station of the city while holding a secret meeting.

All the detainees are male. Police claimed that they have detained its Chittagong ‘Mamur’ (regional chief) Ruhul Amin.
Poritosh Gosh, deputy commissioner (DB), in a press briefing at Chittagong Metropolitan Police headquarters said “There are some extremist activists among them. Their ideology is against democracy. They want to establish the Islamic Khilafat (Caliphate).”
“Acting on trip off we arrested them while they were in a clandestine meeting at a flat of the area”. The Islami Samaj is a black listed, he added. It was established by some Abdul Zabbar who had linked with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, now it is running by Humayun Kabir who had also connection with Islami Chhatra Shibir, said Poritosh Gosh.  “They target less educated people capitalising the Islam for the organisation and gave them ‘dawat’ to their ideology” he said. He also said that one of the detainees named Md Yousuf Ali was sued in a militant case in 2008 due to his connection with JMB. It was established in 1997 in Comilla and the government black listed them in 2008.

24 Islami Samaj members arrested in port city

Detective Branch (DB) of police detained 24 members of Islami Samaj on Friday in Mousumi Residential Area under Pahartali Police Station of the city while holding a secret meeting. All the detainees are male. Police claimed that they have detained its Chittagong Mamur (regional chief) Ruhul Amin. Poritosh Gosh, deputy commissioner (DB), in a press briefing at Chittagong Metropolitan Police headquarters said There are some extremist activists among them. Their ideology is against democracy. They want to establish the Islamic Khilafat (Caliphate). Acting on trip off we arrested them while they were in a clandestine meeting at a flat of the area. The Islami Samaj is a black listed, he added. It was established by some Abdul Zabbar who had linked with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, now it is running by Humayun Kabir who had also connection with Islami Chhatra Shibir, said Poritosh Gosh. They target less educated people capitalising the Islam for the organisation and gave them dawat to their ideology he said. He also said that one of the detainees named Md Yousuf Ali was sued in a militant case in 2008 due to his connection with JMB. It was established in 1997 in Comilla and the government black listed them in 2008.