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Bangladesh sentences 20 people to death for the brutal 2019 murder of a university student who criticized the government on social media

2021-12-09

Intra-party politics is a deadly sport in Bangladesh.

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#Bangladesh sentences 20 people to death for the brutal 2019 murder of a university student who criticized the government on social media, says a prosecutor.https://t.co/JLPKqZ5nTM
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Bangladesh sentenced 20 people to death on Wednesday for the brutal 2019 murder of a university student who criticized the government on social media, a prosecutor told AFP.

"Twenty people have been sentenced to death and five people were sentenced to life in prison over the killing of Abrar Fahad," prosecutor Abdullah Abu said.

Benar News adds:

A Dhaka court sentenced 20 student members of the ruling party’s youth wing to death and five others to life in prison Wednesday for fatally beating a fellow student at a prestigious engineering school because he had criticized the government online.

The 25 used cricket bats and other objects to beat to death Abrar Fahad, a student at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), in a residential hall in October 2019 after he posted comments via Facebook that were critical of Prime Minister ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums...
’s government, according to authorities.

University campuses in Bangladesh are an arena for boisterous debate between youth wings of rival political parties, but this can turn ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful.

The judge said the suspects had spread rumors that Abrar had been a member of Islami Chhatra Shibir
...

the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
party, which worked against Bangladesh during the country’s war of independence from Pakistain in 1971.

A second-year student in electrical engineering at BUET, Abrar was beaten on Oct. 7, 2019, by the members of the Chhatra League
... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ...
, the student wing of the Awami League party.

His killing ignited protests on campuses across the country.

Three of the defendants absconded following the incident while the others have been tossed in the calaboose
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since shortly after the attack.

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Bangladesh

Where is Shibir?

2017-06-17

[Dhaka Tribune] Forced to lay low since they had to retreat from the streets in face of police crackdown more than two years ago, the Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, is trying to get back in the game by infiltrating other student organizations.

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Bangladesh

Full text of blogger Rajib murder verdict released

2017-05-29

[Dhaka Tribune] The High court has released the full text of its verdict reconfirming the death penalties handed down to two Death Eaters for killing blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2013.

The verdict, which was published on Sunday, is available on the Supreme Court website.

The release of the full verdict has cleared the way for the convicts ‐ banned murderous Moslem group Ansarullah Bangla Team members Md Faisal Bin Nayem alias Dweep and former Shibir leader Redwanul Azad Rana ‐ to move the Appellate Division against the High Court judgement.

On April 2, the High Court upheld a speedy trial tribunal verdict that sentenced Nayem and Rana to death for the murder.

On December 31, 2015, the special tribunal handed the death penalties to the duo for criminal masterminding the murder of blogger Rajib and also fined them Tk10,000 each.

In addition, the tribunal sentenced six others to various terms of imprisonment for the murder, including a five-year sentence for Mufti Jashim Uddin Rahmani, the spiritual leader of Ansarullah, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Al-Qaeda’s Bangladesh wing Ansar al-Islam had grabbed credit for the murder.

On March 15, 2015, the DMP announced a bounty of Tk5 lakh for Rana, a top leader of the outfit, for criminal masterminding the murder of Mukto-Mona blog founder Avijit Roy on February 26 the same year. Avijit’s wife and co-writer Rafida Ahmed Banna was maimed in the attack.

Rana had instructed to attack blogger Asif Mohiuddin, and also planned attacks on two teachers of Monipur High School, police said. He was locked away
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on February 20 this year.

Rajib, known as Thaba Baba to the blogging community, was hacked to death on February 15, 2013 near his Pallabi residence, only 10 days into the historic movement at Shahbagh demanding death penalty for the 1971 war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
A day after the murder, the victim’s father Nazim Uddin filed a murder case with Pallabi cop shoppe.

According to the charge sheet, the convicts ‐ all expelled students of North South University ‐ were instigated by Shibir leader Rana to commit murder of atheists and secularists.

Several top Ansarullah leaders, Rana and some of the convicts used to visit Hatembagh mosque in Dhanmondi area to listen to the Friday sermons given by Rahmani, a former leader of Islami Andolon Bangladesh’s Barisal unit who in 2010 established Markazul Uloom Al Islamia Madrasa and Mosque.

Rahmani professed bloggers who demean Islam or Allah or Muhammad should be killed as per the Islamic rule. He supported Jamaat-e-Islami and Hefajat-e-Islam
...a madrassa-based false nose and mustache of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, formed in 2010 to protest against secular education. In 2011 demonstrated violentyly against women's rights and in 2013 held large rallies demanding capital punishment of Shahbag Square protesters and banning women working outside the home...
among Bangladeshi Islamist groups and had asked the local youths to join jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in different countries where the Moslems were persecuted.

Since 2013, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibilities for 11 murders in 13 machete attacks carried out on war crimes trial campaigners, secularists and LGBT rights activists. Blogger Rajib was the second target of the group.

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Shibir-run website incites Nasirnagar attacks

2016-11-05

[Dhaka Tribune] Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and its radical student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
are among the bad boy groups inciting communal attacks on Hindus in Nasirnagar, Brahmanbaria using unauthorised websites and Facebook pages.

When the local radical groups were using mosques to unite Moslems in Nasirnagar last week, a little known website named www.banglamail71.com drew huge traffic all of a sudden after they published a provocative content on the alleged blasphemous Facebook post shared from the timeline of an illiterate Hindu youth, Rasraj Das.

The content, published as a news item, was originally posted by "Noyon Chatterje," a Facebook profile that has long been instigating hatred against Hindus in Bangladesh and India.

Banglamail71 logoThe news item has been shared more than 10,000 times so far, and over 170 readers made indecent and infuriating comments on the website. The item also contains the link to a Facebook profile from where the post, showing Lord Shiva sitting atop the Kaaba, was shared several times last month.

Dhaka Tribune has learnt that the website is run by Chhatra Shibir activists. The news item was seen on the website yesterday when fresh attacks were launched on Hindus in Nasirnagar, burning at least six houses to ashes.

After October 30, temples and Puja pavilions were vandalised and looted in at least seven districts.

Jamaat sources confirm that it is a tactical decision of the party high-command not to wage any street protests over issues that go against the government.

For this, they are using the internet to carry out organizational activities by opening news websites, and creating Facebook pages and groups with the help of their tech-savvy members to embarrass the government and create panic among the religious minorities and war crimes trial campaigners as well as to give message to the party supporters.

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SUST Ansarullah leader, 19 Jamaat-Shibir men among 22 held

2016-07-20

[Dhaka Tribune] Two university students detained in Sylhet on Monday for their suspected involvement in holy warrior activities were brought to Dhaka yesterday.

Abdul Aziz, a final year student of industrial and production engineering (IPE) department at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, was picked up from the campus in the afternoon. Police say he is the coordinator of banned holy warrior outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team at SUST.

The other nabbed
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by a team of Counter-Terrorism And Transnational Crimes unit is Mahmud Chowdhury, a final year student of Leading University.

A former student of Sylhet Cadet College, Aziz did not attend his classes last year and resumed studies this year.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman said: "We have information that Abdul Aziz worked as a coordinator of Ansarullah Bangla Team at the university. We have detained him for further questioning."

Ansarullah members are accused of killing at least 11 secularist writers and publishers and two LGBT rights activists since 2013. Two of the victims ‐ Ananta Bijoy Das and Nazimuddin Samad ‐ are from Sylhet.

On the other hand, Mahmud is a resident of the Sylhet city’s Jalalabad area. He was an LLM student.

Leading University Vice-Chancellor Prof Kamruzzaman Chowdhury confirmed the arrest of Mahmud to the Dhaka Tribune.

Wishing to be unnamed, a LLM student said that Mahmud had been picked up from an exam hall.

A high official of Sylhet Metropolitan Police said that the duo had been under the CTTC unit’s surveillance for a long time.

SUST Proctor Rashedul Islam said: "We received a letter from the government on Tuesday [yesterday] asking for information on the students who have remained absent for long.

"We have formed a body under my leadership and letters have been sent to all departments seeking information."

19 Jamaat-Shibir men detained
Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory, Igor and Oleg were discussing what the quickest way might be to deal with the monster...
police yesterday detained 19 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
with improvised bombs and sharp weapons from Dhaka’s Khilgaon.

The detainees include Shibir’s Khilgaon unit President Md Motaher Hossain and General Secretary M A Razzak. Police also detained building owner Reazul Karim.

Inspector (investigation) Asaduzzaman told the Dhaka Tribune that they were detained in a raid at a hostel near Comilla Hotel in Khilgaon Block A area early yesterday.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman said: "We recovered a large number of jihadi books, seven improvised bombs, four machetes and a computer from their possessions."

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Bangladesh

First secularist murder verdict

2016-01-01

[Dhaka Tribune] A radical Islamist preacher and his seven followers, all expelled students of a private university, have been convicted for the murder of secular writer and war crimes trial campaigner Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in the midst of the 2013 Shahbagh movement.

Motivated by a former leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
who was sentenced to death yesterday, the six other students of North South University planned the murder and killed Rajeeb with machetes in front of his house at Palashbari of Pallabi on February 15 reportedly for his writings critical of Islam.

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Jamaat demands APC on poll inquiry report

2015-07-27

[Pak Daily Times] Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
leader Senator Sirajul Haq
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...
on Sunday called for strict accountability of the government functionaries responsible for irregularities in the election 2013 in the light of the latest inquiry commission's report.

He was addressing a seminar -- held in memory of former Jamaat leader Mian Tufail Muhammad on the occasion of his sixth death anniversary. Siraj said that irregularities had been committed by the functionaries appointed by the government and they must be taken to task for that.

He suggested to the government to hold an all parties' conference (APC) to discuss the inquiry report and for introducing electoral reforms so that the elections in future could be free from such irregularities, fair and transparent. Without reference, he said that the constitution had not been implemented even for a single day and as the rulers themselves were the biggest hurdle in this way.

-- Code of ethics for media, law against obscenity --

He also said that he had met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
in the Masjid-e-Nabvi during the month of Ramazan and requested him to order abolition of interest-based economic system, stop obscenity through the media and framing a code of ethics for the media and for ending the proxy war in order to restore peace.

-- Victimization of Jamaat's Bangladesh leaders --

He said that he had also met Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz
...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in good jihadis and bad jihadis as a matter of national policy...
and called upon the government to raise voice on the victimization of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh leaders by the government of ~~the loathesome~~ Sheikh Hasina

...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
Wajed. He also said that it was incumbent upon the government to support Kashmiris' struggle for independence. However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
he said that rulers had been sabotaging the freedom movement of Kashmiris. Former law minister SM Zafar was among the participants.

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Bangladesh

Blogger Rajeeb murder trial begins

2015-05-28

[Dhaka Tribune] A Dhaka court has begun the trial of the blogger-architect Ahmed Rajeeb Haider murder case with recording the deposition of the plaintiff, also the victim's father Dr Nazim Uddin.

Judge Syeed Ahmed of Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 Wednesday also fixed June 2 for recording the deposition of other witnesses.

While delivering his deposition, Rajeeb's father told the court: "I have come to know through newspaper reports that the eight indicted persons killed my son. I demand exemplary punishment of the killers."

Earlier on May 21, the same court framed charges afresh against the eight accused in the case, responding to a plea of the public prosecutor.

Special public prosecutor of Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 Md Mahbubur Rahman filed a plea in which he urged the court to frame the charges again as the name of the murder scene was not mentioned clearly in the previous indictment documents.

Of the accused, Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani has been indicted under section 302 and 107 of the penal code while the others were indicted under section 302 and 34.

On March 18, Judge Ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed an indictment order against Mufti Jasim, chief of holy warrior group Ansarullah Bangla Team, and seven from North South University.

After the indictment, the court fixed April 21 to start a trial in the case.

On May 12, the case was shifted to Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 from Dhaka's Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court for quick disposal.

In this regard, a gazette was sent to Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 from the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.

Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification for transferring the case documents of the Rajib murder case to Speedy Trial Tribunal 3.

Rajeeb, known as Thaba Baba in the blogging community, was hacked to death on February 15, 2013 near his Pallabi home, only 10 days into the historic movement at Shahbagh demanding the death penalty for the 1971 war criminals and a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
For which they immediately settled his hash.

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Bangladesh

'Ansarullah now eying madrasa students'

2015-05-25

[Dhaka Tribune] Salafist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, currently under government's consideration for banning for suspected links to the killing of secular activists, is now inviting madrasa students and those involved with Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
to increase strength, police say.

Earlier, Ansarullah leaders had recruited many tech savvy students of public and private universities.

Police say they are monitoring the activities of the outfit's members on different websites and Facebook to trace their location. But no significant progress have been made since the August 2013 arrest of Ansarullah chief Jasim Uddin Rahmani and 31 of his followers.

Seven leaders and activists of the group are now facing trial for the killing of war crimes trial campaigner Ahmed Rajeeb Haider. They all are expelled students of the North South University.

Detectives say Ansarullah follows international terrorist groups Al-Qaeda and Taliban to establish Shariah law in Bangladesh. They have also been working with Chhatra Shibir, Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
's student wing, and banned turban groups including HuJI
Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west.
, JMB and Hizbut Tahrir
...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate...
Police say Ansarullah has gained support from different radical Islamist groups which are vocal against "atheists for their anti-Islamic activities" after the recent killing of science writers and Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam.

Some Ansarullah leaders are now visiting madrasas in Dhaka and the nearby areas, and inviting students to join the outfit, a top police officer said seeking anonymity.

According to sources in law enforcement agencies, the outfit is trying to take as members the students, especially those involved with Chhatra Shibir, who possess extreme views against secular forces.

Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of the Detective Branch of police, said Ansarullah might have around 100 technologically-sound members from among students of some of the renowned educational institutions.

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Shibir calls 48-hour hartal in Rajshahi division

2015-01-28

[Dhaka Tribune] Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, has called a 48-hour hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
in Rajshahi Division protesting the death of a leader of the organization.

Chhatra Shibir President of Chapainawabganj unit Abu Bakkar endorsed the information to the Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday.

The hartal will begin at 6am on Wednesday and continue till 6am on Thursday.

The dear departed Shibir leader is Asadullah Tuhin, 20, son of Emdadul Haque, of Charmohanpur Chakpara area of Chapainawabganj municipality.

Tuhin, Chhatra Shibir president of City College unit in the district, ran over by a truck coming from the opposite side of the road when he jumped on the road to flee from the law enforcers early Tuesday.

Shibir claimed the death as murder by the RAB and called on the 48-hour long hartal.

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5 Shibir men held with 130 hand bombs

2015-01-22

[Dhaka Tribune] Police have detained five suspected Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
members in possession with 130 hand bombs from a residence in the capital's TV Gate area in Mohakhali.

One of the detainees has been identified as Mostafizur Rahman.

Banani cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Bhuiyan Mahbub said: "The suspected Shibir members were held in the drive conducted around 4am on Wednesday."

He said the detainees are bomb experts.

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Shibir leader dies in clash with police

2014-04-28

[Dhaka Tribune] A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
was killed in a clash with police in Kamalnagar area of Satkhira district yesterday afternoon.

Officer-in-Charge of Satkhira Sadar cop shoppe Enamul Haque confirmed the death of Aminul Islam, 32, general secretary of Satkhira unit of Shibir, to the Dhaka Tribune.

Four constables of police were maimed while six Shibir activists received bullet wounds during the clash.

Police recovered two pistols from the scene.

OC Enamul Haque said police had raided the house of a man named Mukul after getting information about a secret meeting for planning subversive activities.

"Spider senses tingling at the proximity of police, the Shibir leaders and activists went kaboom! 20 to 22 hand grenades and started firing, forcing the law enforcers to fire back," he said.

Several people received bullet wounds during the clash. Later, police rescued the injured and admitted them to Satkhira Sadar hospital where Aminul died under treatment.

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