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Hizbut Tawhid members held
Sudharam Model police yesterday morning arrested 11 alleged members of Islamist outfit Hizbut Tawhid from Sonapur area in the town. They were identified as Md Ayub, 38, Golam Kibria, 26, Shahadat Hossain, 22, Jamal Uddin Rubel, 27, of Feni district, Phool Nahar, 35, Nizam Uddin, 25, Fakhrul Islam, 19, Tipu Sultan, 58, and Abu Taher, 30, of Noakhali, Saiful Islam, 30, of Khagrachhari district and Shafiqul Alam, 40, of Chandpur district. OC of Sudharam PS Mosharraf Hossain said the arrestees were socially outcast from their Chasir Hat village in Sonaimuri upazila in 2009. Later they were residing at rented houses near Sonapur Bazar. Police arrested them when some locals were about to assault them after confining them at a place, he said.
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