JMB militant arrested; arms, bombs seized
Outlawed JMB militant Ashikul Islam Sajjad, arrested in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia, at Rab-12 headquarters in Sirajganj yesterday. Photo shows the arms seized from him.Photo: STAR
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and recovered arms and ammunition from Bahadurpur village under Bheramara upazila of Kushtia early yesterday. The arrestee was identified as Ashikul Islam Sajjad, 25, son of Md Shahanur Ali of Mollapara village under the upazila. Rab-12 sources said, acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force led by Major Kamruzzaman raided Sajjad's residence at around 2:00am and recovered some organisational books and leaflets from underneath his bed. Following his confessional statement, Rab members took Sajjad to the remote char area of Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj yesterday morning and recovered a locally made LG, 10 bullets, 8 live bombs and a few training papers and documents from under the earth at Charburungi. Claiming himself a trained member of JMB, he disclosed to Rab that he joined the banned militant organisation a few years ago after coming in contact of one Osman of Sirajganj. Two cases were lodged with Kazipur police station of Sirajganj and Bheramara police station in Kushtia.
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