6 members of two Islamist outfits held
Law enforcers on Friday arrested six members of two banned Islamist outfits in Khulna and Gaibandha districts.
Police and Rab-6 on Friday night arrested five members of 'Muslim Ummah Millati MaZhabul Quraan' from a house at Khalishpur of Khulna city, reports our staff correspondent.
The arrestees were identified as Abdur Rouf, 54, Mahbubur Rahman, 45, Mashiur Rahman, 52, Amanullah, 85, and Tayebur Rahman, 72.
Rab also recovered a few brochures and lethal weapons from their possession.
According to police, Tayebur Rahman, a retired deputy director of Power Development Board (PDB), was running the banned outfit in the district.
He wrote several articles in the brochure misisterpreting Islam, they said.
Tayebur Rahman was giving secret training to his disciples for a long time at his rented house 'Siddique Manzil' at Khalishpur.
During interrogation, Tayebur told police that he is in favour of three times prayers instead of five times as prescribed in the holy Quraan.
The arrestees were sent to court at 2.30pm yesterday after being shown arrested under Section 54 of BPC, said OC of Khalishpur police station.
In Gaibandha, Rab-5 in a drive on Friday night arrested an active member of banned Islamist outfit Allahr Dal from village Kismat Bagchi under Sadullapur upazila, reports our correspondent.
Police said, Rab arrested militant Rubel Miah, 19, son of Abdul Ghani from Gaibandha Zila Judge Court premises and later handed him over to Sadullapur police.
Earlier Sadullapur police arrested four other militants from different areas of Sadullapur upazila.
The militants of Allahr Dal threatened to blow up houses over cell phone last month. Protesting the incident, people held meeting, rally and submitted a memorandum to UNO demanding immediate arrest of the militants.
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