Outlaw, militant arrested
Arms seized in Kushtia, leaflets in Rangamati
Police arrested an outlaw and a woman militant in Kushtia and Rangamati districts yesterday and the day before.
In Kushtia, a listed cadre of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) faction Janajuddho was arrested and firearms, ammunition and bombs were recovered from his possession yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from Mirpur police station raided the house of outlaw Korban Ali at Kursha village in Mirpur upazila and arrested him, reports our correspondent.
Police also recovered one LG, two bullets and five bombs from his house.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirpur police station Mehedi Hasan said Korban was a top cadre of Janajuddho. He was also listed with Mirpur police.
Accused in several cases including two for murder, Korban was a close associate of Siddiq who was a regional leader of Janajuddho. Siddiq was killed in a shootout with police on May 24, police said.
In Rangamati, Borkal police yesterday produced a suspected woman militant before the court and the court sent her to Rangamati jail custody rejecting her bail prayer, police and court sources said, reports BSS.
Earlier, police arrested Khadiza in a raid on her house at Islampur under Borkal upazila of the district on Monday.
They also recovered five leaflets from her possession containing invitation for joining the Islamist militant organisation, Hizbul Mahdi.
On September 13, police arrested six suspected militants including Khadiza's husband, also a former UP member, Khadem Ali from the same village when they were motivating people to join militant organisation Hizbul Mahdi and distributing leaflets and books on jihad, police said.
The arrest of Khadiza followed an anti-militancy meeting held at Borkal upazila headquarters of the district on Friday last that asked the members of law enforcing agencies to net the suspected militants and criminals.
The meeting was attended by local political leaders of all parties, imams of all mosques and the elites with Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Borkal upazila, Mohammad Saifuddin Ahmed in the chair.
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