DHAKA - Bangladeshâs elite security force said on Saturday it had arrested the main supplier of explosives to an Islamic group waging a suicide bombing campaign to establish Islamic law in the Muslim nation.The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) also said it had seized a huge cache of explosives and bomb-making equipment sufficient to make 200 powerful bombs. âWe have arrested Tariqul, 28, who we believe is the main supplier of explosives to the Jamayetul Mujahideen,â a senior RAB officer told AFP. âHeâs being interrogated and information has already helped us seize explosives across the country,â the officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
| "In fact, he's been so helpful that he's going to help us recover these explosives. We're going out really early this morning to get them," the officer added. |
Thousands of police and all 10 battalion of the RAB, set up a year ago, have been making nationwide raids to hunt the members of the group and its fugitive leader Shaikh Abdur Rahman.