 The government on Sunday announced a bounty for the arrest of Mohammad Abdur Rahman, believed to be the mastermind of the August 17 countrywide chain-bombing, and also for his operational commander, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai. The failure of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to arrest the two terrorists has prompted the government to announce the bounty, said home ministry sources. The government had earlier identified the banned Islamic outfit, Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, and its chief, Abdur Rahman, as being responsible for the unprecedented August 17 attack, and ordered law enforcers to arrest him ‘at any cost’. ‘But the failure to arrest them irked the government and finally it decided to give a bounty to those who arrest them,’ said an official, adding that the initiative was taken as the ‘government is very sincerely trying to apprehend the clique behind the bombing’.
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Police headquarters started circulating posters, containing their photographs in different poses and telephone and e-mail numbers, throughout the country, urging everyone to inform police of the whereabouts of the two men. The poster reads, ‘Help arrest Moulana Mohammad Abdur Rahman alias Ehsan Moulana alias Ehsan, and Mohammad Siddiqul Islam alias Siddiq alias Azizul Islam alias Omar Ali Litu alias Bangla Bhai, both responsible for the planned explosions in 63 districts, out of 64, on August 17. Your valuable information will help identify and arrest them. Those who provide accurate information leading to their arrest will be awarded a handsome amount of money. Identity of the informer(s) will be kept secret.’
Though no amount was mentioned, a home ministry official told New Age last night that it would be Tk 10 lakh for an informer. He said law enforcers could make substantial headway in investigating the attack, and arrest of the two men has become inevitable as there is enough proof that they unleashed the attack. |