'Military chief' of Gono Mukti Fouz arrested
Arrested 'military commander' of GMF Jahangir Alam alias Arfen alias Doyel talks to media yesterday.Photo: STAR
Police arrested the 'military commander' of outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF), Jahangir Alam alias Arfen alias Doyal, on Friday night. Police said they raided his house at Alampur in Sadar upazila at about 7:30 pm and arrested him. Arfen was later quizzed at the police line for all night for extracting information regarding his long involvement with underground parties. At a briefing at the office of Kushtia superintendent of police (SP) yesterday, police said Arfen hailed from Alampur village in Sadar upazila in the district. Son of late Ansar Ali, he knows several languages including English and Chinese. Arfen became a worker of United Communist League in 1979 when he was student of class X, police said. In course of time, he turned towards 'armed struggle' and joined the outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) in 1988. He left BCP in 1999 and joined Shromojibi Mukti Andolon as a close aide to its founder Mir Ilias Hossain Dilip. Arfen was later made district convener of Shromojbi. He became general secretary of Shromojibi in 2001. Arfen used to train cadres and organise Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF), the armed wing of Shromijibi Mukti Andolon. Arfen concurrently held the posts of military chief and secretary of GMF, he (Arfen) told newsmen during Saturday's press briefing. Arfen said he gave statements on TVs and his interviews with two private channels were telecast in August last year. Police said Arfen was not directly involved with any killings but a large number of murders took place in his instruction. So far three murder cases were lodged against him and investigation is going on to find his link with other crimes including of murder, police said.
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