25 suspected militants arrested
Books on jihad, leaflets, CDs seized
Law enforcers produce 25 people, arrested on Friday night for their suspected involvement in 'anti-state' activities, before a Kishoreganj court, right, books on jihad and leaflets seized from their possession. Photo: STAR
Police arrested 25 suspected activists of a militant outfit along with books on jihad, leaflets and compact disks (CDs) in the town Friday night. Police said, the arrestees claimed that they are members of 'Islami Samaj'. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Sadar police raided the rented house of one Rafiqul Islam on Hoibat Nagar Fishery Road around 8:30pm and arrested him along with 24 others as they were holding a 'secret meeting'. A huge number of books on jihad (uprising), leaflets of their organisation, invitation cards and CDs were recovered from the house. Mir Musharraf Hossain, officer in-charge (OC) of Kishoreganj Sadar police station, said police arrested them on suspicion of being engaged in anti-state activities. All of them were shown arrested under Section 54 and produced before a court yesterday, the OC said. Sheikh Abdullah, sub-inspector of the police station, lodged a general diary against them. Rafiqul Islam hailed from Kachuduari village in Netrakona Sadar upazila. He rented the house of one Mahmuda Begum on Fishery Road two years back from where he was continuing activities of the outfit, police said, quoting Rafiqul. A case was filed with Sadar PS.
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