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4 females of ‘JMB suicide squad’ held in Sirajganj

2016-09-06

[Dhaka Tribune] Detectives have detained four suspected female suicide-squad members, including a mother and two daughters, of banned myrmidon outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh The JMB is said to be the youth front of Al Mujahideen, the parent organization that began working toward establishing Bangladesh as an Islamic state in the mid 1990s which remains obscure even today. Other organizations, such as Jama'atul Jihad, JMB, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), Hizbut Tawhid, Tawhidi Janata, Islami Jubo Shangha, Islami Shangha, Al Falah A'am Unnayan Shanstha and Shahadat-e al Hiqma are believed to be part of the Al Mujahideen network. The JMB at its peak was reported to contain at least 100,000 members, and an alleged 2,000-man suicide brigade, few of whom actually exploded. JMB allegedly received financial assistance from individual donors in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Reports have claimed that funding of JMB by international NGOs like Kuwait based Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage (RIHS) and Doulatul Kuwait, Saudi Arabia based Al Haramaine Islamic Institute and Rabita Al Alam Al Islami, Qatar Charitable Society and UAE-based Al Fuzaira and Khairul Ansar Al Khairia. The top leadership of JMB was captured in 2005 and hung in 2007, which pretty much shot their bolt. (JMB) from Baraigram of Sirajganj The detainees are ‐ Fulera Khatun, wife of one Abu Sayeed of Baraigram, their daughters- Shakila Khatun and Salma Khatun, and Razia, wife of Rafiqul Islam of the same village. In a press briefing on Monday, Detective Branch Officer-in-Charge (OC) M Wahiduzzaman, who led the drive with Second Officer Sub-Inspector Rawshan Ali, said a police team on Sunday night raided listed JMB leader Faridul’s house, which was kept under surveillance after he had gone missing last year, and detained the four with jihadi books and a computer. District Police Superintendent Miraz Uddin said the detainees are members of JMB suicide squad and they have confessed that they were ready to use boom jackets on call from JMB high ups. He said from the information found in the seized computer, police came to know that the detainees used to practice Kung Fu and Karate fighting styles watching photos. Allude to detectives detained four more female JMB members raiding another house in Masumpur village of the district town on July 24.

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Pro-JMB ‘Ansar Rajshahi’ targets Hindus

2016-08-20

[Dhaka Tribune] Absconding JMB leader Shariful Islam Khalid, a Rajshahi University student who was allegedly involved in the murder of his teacher Prof AFM Rezaul Karim, is one of the organisers of a new Lion of Islam outfit named Ansar Rajshahi raised in Baghmara area, police have claim Police have gathered evidence that the outfit prepared a list of local Hindus and secularists, and finalised plans to kill a doctor, Nirendranath Sarker. The members communicate with each other through secured messaging application Threema and social media website Facebook. The Sherlocks, however, are yet to know when the group started work and the possible number of its members. They came to know about the outfit after questioning two cousins of Shariful ‐ Aminul Islam Rumi, 23, and Enamul Huq Sabuj, 22, of Sreepur Khamarpara vilage under Baghmara. The duo were nabbed Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! on Monday night and produced before a Rajshahi court the following day with a five-day remand prayer for each. The hearing may take place next week, according to court sources. During interrogation, Rumi disclosed the names of three of his associates in Ansar Rajshahi ‐ Rawshan Ali alias Akash, of Parbhangura under Pabna’s Bhangura; Abu Ibrahim alias Tareq alias Ripon, and Md Bulbul alias Alamin alias Billal of Boalia in Rajshahi. Since last year, the JMB members have killed at least seven Hindu priests across the country while threatened several dozen Hindus and Christians with death. The outfit also launched attacks on three Christians in the northern districts. Two of them were killed. Known as a stronghold of outlawed JMB, Baghmara saw a deadly kaboom on a local Ahmadiyya mosque on December 26 last year that killed the JMB suicide kaboomer and injured 10 devotees. In 2004, JMB second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai established a reign of terror in the area by killing and torturing scores of people. Shariful alias Rahat alias Talha, 25, has remained missing for the last 15 months, his family members say. He is the son of Abdul Hakim of Sreepur Khamarpara. He was a student of English department at Rajshahi University. Police claim that he was one of the JMB operatives who hacked Prof Rezaul to death near his house in Shalbagan area on April 23. The family members of Shariful filed a general diary with the police on July 4 seeking information about him. He used to meet Rumi and Sabuj regularly before he going missing last year. The RMP authorities on July 29 announced Tk1 lakh bounty for Shariful and another JMB Lion of Islam ‐ Nazrul Islam alias Bike Hassan who was wanted in 11 cases filed over the recent assassination'>assassinations including Prof Rezaul murder. Nazrul was killed in an alleged shootout with the DB police in Rajshahi on August 1. Families unaware of Lion of Islam link Rumi’s family claims his father Saiful Islam was picked up by plainclothes police from the house at Sreepur Khamarpara village around 1am on August 11. Rumi fled the house sensing the presence of the police. At that time, police allegedly asked the family to hand over Rumi to them to ensure release of Saiful, and they complied with the condition. They went to the cop shoppe around 11am along with Rumi and the police let Saiful go. Rumi’s mother Tayejan Begum said that her son used to say prayers at the local mosque regularly and work with his father in the field. "He was introvert ... was not attentive in his studies." Tayejan said that she had no idea what Rumi and Shariful used to do apart from studies. She claimed that Rumi was innocent and demanded that the people behind Ansar Rajshahi be arrested immediately. A local grocer Ali Hossain said that Rumi and Sabuj used to go to his shop for chat. "They were very close to their cousin Shariful," he told the Dhaka Tribune.

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After war, Sayedee hid in Jessore

2012-01-25

[Bangla Daily Star] A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal that 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 close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. 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 Delwar Hossain Sayeedi ...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami... went into hiding in Dohakhola village of Bagharpara [Jessore] after the Liberation War. "After the Liberation War, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi saheb was staying in the house of Rawshan Ali in Dohakhola village," said Solaiman Hossain, 60, the 15th prosecution witness to testify against Sayeedi. He did not mention the district where Bagharpara is in. It is a upazila in Jessore. "While trying to find out the reason behind him staying there, we, the locals, found out that he had committed anti-liberation activities in Pirojpur during the war, and he was staying at the house of Rawshan Ali to hide." The three-member tribunal led by its Chairman Justice Nizmaul Huq finished recording the testimony of Solaiman Hossain yesterday. The defence has begun cross-examining the witness. The cross-examination will resume today. Sayeedi is facing charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971. Sayeedi, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, is among six Jamaat and two BNP leaders who are facing war crimes charges at the tribunal. The prosecution yesterday produced Solaiman Hossain to testify, breaking the order of witnesses to appear before the court. Modhushudan Ghorami, who was supposed to testify yesterday, could not be produced as he was admitted to hospital, the prosecution said.

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Trial of three cases against JMB cadres resumes

2008-02-16

(Clockwise) Mahbubur Rahman Liton, Nasir Uddin Dafadar, Anisur Rahman Khokon, Asadul Haque, Maniruzzaman Munna and Monowar Hossain Ujjal. Trial of three out of the five cases relating to series bomb blasts on August 17 in 2005 began on Thursday as the court recorded the statements of three prosecution witnesses of the cases. The court fixed tomorrow for next hearing of the cases. Judge Mahbubul Alam of Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court at Satkhira recorded the statements of the three complainants of the five cases in presence of 11 out of 19 charge-sheeted accused. Accused Nasir uddin Dafadar, Monowar Hossain Ujjal, Maniruzzaman Munna, Nur Ali Member, Anisur Rahman Khokon, Gias Uddin, Mahbubur Rahman Liton, Billal Hossain, Asadul Haque, Ismail alias Habibur and Rakib Hasan Russel alias Hafez Mahmud were produced before the court. Rakib Hasan Russel, a teacher of Baluaghata Girls High School in Jamalpur, was brought from Mymensing to Satkhira jail as he was awarded death sentence in another case and was detained there. Five charge-sheeted accused -- Montaz alias Momtaz, Abul Khair, Fakar Uddin, Nayeem and Syed alias Asaduzzaman -- have been absconding while banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, JMJB chief Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai and JMB military chief Ataur Rahman Sunny were excluded earlier in a murder case. Soon after simultaneous blasts at five places in the town on August 17 in 2005, police filed the five cases with Sadar Police Station. Pickpocket Rawshan Ali, who was standing on the premises of Women and Children Repression Prevention Court on August 17 in 2005, saw Nasir Uddin Dafadar leaving a bag there and it blasted five minutes later. Rawshan informed the police of the matter that eventually led to the unearthing of JMB's involvement in August 17 blasts. The investigation officer of the cases, Assistant Superintendent of Police Munshi Atiqur Rahman of the Criminal Investigation Department submitted on April 4 in 2006 charge sheet against 19 people.

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Tales from the Crossfire Gazette

2005-10-11

Robber killed in 'crossfire' A notorious robber of Araihazar upazila in the district was killed in a 'crossfire' during a shootout between the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and a gang of criminals early yesterday. According to Rab-3 sources, a Rab team arrested Rawshan Ali, 35, a listed criminal, at Nayapur Bazar in Sonargaon upazila on Monday night. "Evening, Ali. Youse coming quietly, or do we have to start roughing you up right here?" Following his statement, "Awwwwwwwwwww!" "Oh, quit your blubbering, it's not like you're going to be using that anytime soon." the team took him to Noikahon area to arrest his accomplices and seize arms at around 3:00am. Ah, yes, the magic hour. When they reached Nayapur Bazar, robbers opened wildly inaccurate fire and the Rab men retaliated against the attack. "We're under attack, shoot anything that moves!" Rawshan, hit by bullets in the crossfire, He moved was declared dead when he was taken to a local hospital, a Rab source said. All together now; "He's dead, Jim" Rab seized one pistol, one gun, six bullets and machete from the scene. In Bangla, that's a major arms cache Rawshan and his accomplices used to commit robbery on the Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Chittagong highways and in Rupganj and Araihajar upazilas. When they shot him down on the highway, Down like a dog on the highway, And he lay in his blood on the highway, with a bunch of lace at his throat. And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, A highwayman comes riding- riding-riding- A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door. AL leader shot dead in Kishoreganj KISHOREGANJ, Oct 10 (UNB): A local leader of Awami League was shot dead Sunday night at Nagorpur village in Nikli Upazila by armed miscreants which triggered angry protests. Damm miscreants, always stiring things up. The deceased, Abdul Qaiyum (45), president of Shingpur Union Awami League, was talking to his friends in his front courtyard after Tarabee prayers, at about 10pm, when some armed assailants opened fire on him. "Eat lead, Abdul! KAPOW! KAPOW!" "Erp......rosebud!" Family sources said Qaiyum had "rivalry" with former chairman of Shingpur Union Parishad and local BNP leader Mukhtaruddin over a Jalmohal (water body). "That thar be our waterhole!" The body of Qaiyum was sent to the Sadar Hospital morgue and a case filed against 14 suspects. The accused all went into hiding, as the killing sparked off demonstrations in the area.

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