Bangladesh
RAB Three including new militant outfit's chief nabbed
Dhaka, July 25: RAB has arrested three members of the new militant organization Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, including its chief Md. Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud, from Munshiganj. At this time domestic and foreign firearms, bomb making equipment, extremist books and cash were seized from them.
RAB-10 and RAB headquarters raided a house in Munshiganj district's Lauhjong upazila on Saturday night and arrested them. The remaining two arrested are Kazi Saraj Uddin alias Siraj (34) and Mahfuzur Rahman Vijay alias Babul alias Jambuli (28). These two people are Amir's bodyguards.
Earlier on the night of June 23, the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) arrested Shamin Mahfuz, the founder of the new militant organization Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya (most wanted) and his wife in Demra area of the capital.
This former teacher of Bangladesh Open University played the role of the main coordinator of the militant organization, including training in the mountains, collection of heavy weapons. CTTC received this sensational information from a militant who escaped from the hill camp.
In a press conference organized at RAB Media Center on Monday, RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin said that Md. Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud wanted to make the new militant organization 'Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya' a powerful militant organization in South Asia. He had a target killing plan by organizing the organization.
A team of the intelligence wing of the RAB headquarters and RAB-10 arrested three members of the new militant organization Amir Md. Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud on the basis of intelligence information on the basis of intelligence information.
Based on the interrogation of the arrested, RAB said that the Amir of Sharqia Md. Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud wanted to make the most powerful militant organization in South Asia. Although there was no plan to attack outside the country, they had a plan to attack inside the country. They planned target killing missions. The plan was to carry out killing missions targeting free-thinking people and law enforcement personnel. And to bring them under the law, Amir Mahmud was planning an armed attack on the law and order forces.
