Tag: insurgency in bangladesh
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Jamatul Ansar leader Mohibullah arrested in Dhaka
Police have arrested Mohammad Mohibullah, a suspected leader of Islamic militant group Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, in Dhaka. After arresting Mohibullah at the capital’s Syedabad bus terminal on Tuesday night, the police’s counter-terrorism and international crimes unit said he was the naib-e-amir, or second-in-command, of the organisation. CTTC Chief Additional Commissioner Mohammad Asaduzzaman told…
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One terrorist escaped nine years back and two in 2022. How long will it take to catch them again?
Complete success ‘impossible’ Independent insurgency experts and criminologists interviewed by bdnews24.com agree that the failure to recapture the escapees has raised questions about the capability of law enforcement agencies. They fear that the exodus may encourage some citizens to indulge in criminal acts. Zia Rahman, chairman of Dhaka University’s Department of Criminology, believes that lack…
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Father suspects ‘terrorist’ al-Amin’s body was exhumed to hide evidence of murder
Describing his son’s “death” as a murder, he demanded government action to punish those who misguided youths to join militancy. Nurul is also thinking of bringing charges in this incident. Mamoon Shibli, chief executive of the Ruma subdistrict administration, said they went to dig up the body on Monday, but found only some evidence. The…
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Jamaatul Ansar killed its own member in hilly areas due to internal dispute: Police
After interrogating the arrested suspects, the police said that members of Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya killed a fellow Islamic terrorist of the group due to internal dispute. Mohammad Alamgir Hussain, chief of Ruma police station in Bandarban, said a court had ordered the body, buried in a remote forest area in the Chattogram Hills,…
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Police say Jamaatul Ansar fought tribal group in hilly areas, faced insurgency with ‘brutality’
training and gun battles Tuhin and Naeem told the police that they were given firearms training with dummies, air guns and then physical training with a locally made gun. The leader of the group, Shamin Mahfouz, lived in a separate room and had armed guards stationed outside. Nathan Bavm, the leader of the Baum Party,…