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Bangladesh

Farmer dies in elephant attack in Ctg

2019-12-09

[Dhaka Tribune] A farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant in the Lohagara upazila, Chittagong, around 8:30pm on Saturday.

The dear departed was identified as Nurul Islam, 38, son of Abdus Sobhan, confirmed Inspector Rashedul Islam of the Lohagara cop shoppe.

Abu Naser Md Yasin Newaz, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Wildlife Management & Nature Conservation Division Chittagong said: "A herd of elephants stormed a paddy field in the area on Saturday night. An elephant trampled the farmer to death when locals and farmers tried to drive them away.

"During the dry season, elephants come to the locality in search of food and water. The incidents of elephant attacks particularly rise during the paddy harvesting season. Wild elephants behave violently if disturbed.

"People should not make any sudden movements in front of them. Any sort of such action may result in aggressive behavior from the elephants. The elephants will move away after damaging some crops. We will give proper compensation to the affected people for any damage done to the crop fields or any property. So, there is nothing to panic here," added the DFO.

Five people were reported dead from August to September this year in Boalkhali and Anwara upazilas.

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Bangladesh

Defence counsel attempts to prove Nusrat's murder as suicide

2019-07-02

[Dhaka Tribune] The defence counsel of the Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case has attempted to claim her murder as a case of suicide.

The claim was made during a cross-examination of defendants Nishat Sultana and Nasrin Sultana Furti, classmates of Rafi, by the defence counsel, in Feni's Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mamunur Rashid's courtroom on Monday.

Public Prosecutor Hafez Ahammad confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.

The cross-examination was conducted by six defence counselors, advocates Kamrul Hasan, Gias Uddin Nannu, Mahfuzur Rahman, Nurul Islam, Ahsan Kabir Bengal and Farid Khan Nayan.

The court declared Tuesday as the date for examination by the remaining 12 counselors, while the testimony of Nurul Amin, office assistant of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa and a witness to the case, will also be recorded.

During Monday's examination, counselor Farid Khan Nayan claimed Nusrat had did away with himself and nobody had murdered her.

He added the defendants were giving false testimonies as the main accused principal Sirajuddaula had sternly warned all of them against romancing inside madrasa premises, and that this was all retribution against his rebuking.

The case plaintiff's lawyer Shahjahan Shaju said Nasrin Sultana Furti had testified in court about how Nur Uddin, a close confidant of Sirajuddaula, had intimidated Nusrat's mother about withdrawing her complaint with Sonagazi police on March 28.

Later on April 4, Md Shamim, another accused, had given Nusrat a final warning of withdrawing the case, but to no avail, she further told the court.

On April 6, on the pretext of unknown students beating up fellow student Nishat Sultana, Nusrat was taken to the third floor of the madrasah's administrative building, where she was set on fire with kerosene, Nasrin recalled.

Five individuals, including Shamim, Jabed and three others were all clad in burqa, which also included two girls.

Nishat also confirmed that Sirajuddaula had sexually harassed Nusrat after calling her into his own room on October 3, 2018.

Nusrat had later told this to her parents, who went to the madrasah operating committee to seek justice, but returned empty handed.

Sirajuddaula had also sexually harassed Nusrat on March 27 earlier this year. She had tried to go inside his room with Nishat and Nasrin, but they were not allowed to enter with her.

Nusrat died on 10 April while under treatment in Dhaka Medical College's Burn and Plastic Surgery Department.

Nusrat's brother Mahmudul Hasan Noman filed a case against eight accused in the Sonagazi Police Station. Later, the case was transferred to PBI. The police, and the PBI has arrested 21 in this case. Among them, 12 had given depositions under section 164.

Evidence has been found of negligence by three coppers in this incident. Also, ex-OC Moazzem has been arrested in this case of sexual harassment, and for spreading the video of Nusrat's deposition on the internet.

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Bangladesh

RAB arrests suspected militants planning to kill newspaper editor

2019-02-02

[Dhaka Tribune] Rapid Action Battalion

(RAB) has enjugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
four suspected members of the banned Lion of Islam outfit Ansar al-Islam also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), accused of planning to kill a daily newspaper editor.

RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Mufti Mahmud Khan disclosed the information at a press briefing at RAB’s Media Centre, in Karwan Bazar, around 11:30am on Friday.

The RAB official also said: "The suspects were planning to kill an editor of a national daily newspaper, which published a criticism of a hadith - record of the traditions or sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!) on marriage."

They were arrested in Uttara area around 2am on Friday.

The RAB official also mentioned arresting another ABT member ‐ Abdus Sobhan alias Habib, 28 ‐ in Ashulia area on January 28.

Based on information provided by Sobhan, RAB 1 conducted a drive in Uttara and arrested the four.

The arrestees are Shahriar Nafis Ammar Hossain, 20, Md Rasel alias Sajedul Islam Gifary, 24, Rabiul Islam alias Nurul Islam, 24, and Abdul Malek, 31.

The RAB media director said the suspects were accused of monitoring secular activists on social media platforms, where they were posing as an online activist ‐ all of themusing a single profile.

They also had planned to kill those who criticized Islam on social media.

Mufti Mahmud said they have foiled the ABT’s mission of killing those who posted negative statements about Islam.

’THEY ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THE ORGANIZATION’
Mufti Mahmud said after initial interrogation, RAB learnt that the suspects were trying, secretly, to revive the organization.

Their main objective was to free the organization’s chief, Jasimuddin Rahmani, from jail. They even had plans to break Jasim out of jail if the failed to get him released through legal means.

"The RAB officials recovered some krazed killer books, mobile phones and sharp weapons from the suspects’ possession at the time of the arrest. During the initial questioning, they confessed to being active members of ABT," said this RAB official.

He said the groups were mainly monitoring online activists.

"One of the Lion of Islams, Shahriar, joined a group with atheist members, using a fake name. The holy warriors were planning to kill one of the members [of the atheists’ group], as decided by the Lion of Islam outfit,"headded.

During interrogation, one of the suspectssaid he went to Bogra from Dhaka with a sharp weapon last week,while another went to Bogra from Barguna, the RAB official said at the press briefing.

"The ABT man, who went to Bogra, called one of the online activists over phone to meet him, but the online activist did not show up at the meeting place," he added.

Among the arrestees, Shahriar, from Dhunot upazila in Bogra, studied till Class 7 in a madrasa. He joined the ABT under the influence of an ABT member named Aman whom he met on Facebook.

The RAB official added: "Rasel, from Fulgachia in Bhola, passed SSC exams in 2013 and took a job in an RMG factory. Later, he worked as a construction worker. He, too, was influenced by Aman into joining ABT.

"Rasel was the point person for communication with different people, collecting money from them and recruiting members, as per the ABT high command’s directive."

The RAB media wing director further added: "Nurul, who is from Bogra, passed his Dakhil examination in 2010, later took admission in Bogra Polytechnic Institute in 2015. He was radicalized by Shahriar."

Malek, a driver by profession, was influenced by Rasel through social media and joined ABT in 2018, he added.

RAB is currently preparing to take legal action against the detainees, the RAB official said.

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Bangladesh

‘Gunfights’ kill 9 suspected drug traders in eight districts

2018-05-24

[Dhaka Tribune] Nine suspected drug traders have been killed in separate incidents of "shootouts" with law enforcement agencies in eight districts.

The incidents took place on Wednesday.

In Kushtia, two suspected drug traders were killed in separate "shootouts" with police in Bheramara and Kumarkhali upazilas in the early hours of the day.

The dear departed are Fotik alias Gaffar, 37, and Liton Sheikh, 40.

Kushtia Superintendent of Police (SP) SM Mehedi Hasan told the Dhaka Tribune: "The incident took place when police conducted a drive in Haowakhali brick field and near a bridge in Lahini Para."

Five police officials were also injured in the "shootout" in Lahini Para.

The SP said a total of two firearms, four rounds of bullets, 1,200 pieces of yaba tablets, 500g cannabis, and 2g heroin were recovered in the two drives.

In Cumilla, a listed drug trader named Nurul Islam Esa was killed in a reported shootout with police in Gomti Badh area under Adarsha Sadar upazila around 12:30am.

Police said 35-year-old Esa was detained in a special drive Tuesday evening. Later, they went to the spot along with the detainee to recover his stock of drugs.

Kotwali model cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abu Salam Mia said: "Esa’s associates shot up us when a team of police went to the spot to recover the drugs."

In retaliation, the law enforcers fired back, and Esa was injured.

Later, he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!
at the Comilla Medical College Hospital.

The OC said Esa was accused in seven cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

In Thakurgaon, a suspected drug trader, Aftaful Islam, 38, was killed in a "shootout" with police in Bonbari area.

Aftaful, son of Bhebsha Mohammad of Parua village, was a listed drug trader, police said.

Thakurgaon SP Farhat Ahmed said Aftaful was detained from his house with 100 bottles of phensedyl around 12am.

Based on information from him, police conducted a drive in Bonbari area to recover drugs.

The SP said: "Sensing our presence, a team of miscreants shot up us."

In retaliation, police fired back, leaving Aftaful dead.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Senate, the partisans of Honorius went for their knives and the partisans of Stilicho went for the doors...
two coppers were also injured in the incident.

SP Farhat said he was accused in 19 cases, including 12 cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

In Jamalpur, a drug peddler named as Mosharraf Hossain Bidyut, 41, was killed in a reported shootout with police in Chhonkanda Madrasa Balurghat area in the early hours of Wednesday.

At a press briefing in the afternoon, the district's Superintendent of Police (SP) Delwar Hossain said a drive was conducted in the area after police were tipped off that a group of drug pushers were bringing in a huge cache of narcotics from Sherpur.

Jamalpur Sadar cop shoppe OC Nasimul Islam had led the raid. He was also injured in the shootout.

Delwar said the drug pushers had shot up the police team sensing their presence, forcing the law enforcers to return fire.

"Bidyut was shot at that time, while his accomplices swam across the Brahmaputra River and managed to flee," he said.

He said Bidyut was rushed to Jamalpur General Hospital, but duty doctors delcared him dead upon arrival.

The law enforcers also recovered 1,000 yaba tablets, 200g heroin, a pistol, and three rounds of bullets.

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
Bidyut's wife Shilpi Begum claimed three officers from the Sadar cop shoppe had picked her husband up from their home Monday night. "And I heard about his death in a shootout with police this morning (Wednesday)."

SP Delwar brushed off her claims, terming them "false and baseless accusation."

He said Bidyut was accused in 16 drugs-related cases and one robbery case - all filed with Sadar police. "His wife is also accused in a number of drugs-related cases."

In Gaibandha, Raju Mia, a listed drug peddler, was killed in a reported shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion

at Bisramgacchi village in Palashbari early in the morning, reports UNB.

Raju was the son of Abdul Jabbar of the upazila's Raigram.

In Lalmonirhat, a suspected drug trader was killed in a "shootout" with police in Kuti area.

The dear departed is Eshar Ali, 43, son of Momtaz Ali of Roson Shimulbari.

Lalmonirhat Sadar cop shoppe OC Mahfuz Alam said: "A group of seven to eight drug smugglers attacked us with sharp weapons and shot up us when we went to the area to arrest them around 3am.

In retaliation, police fired, killing Eshar, and leaving two coppers injured.

Later, he was declared dead after being taken to Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital.

Lalmonirhat SP SM Rashedul Hoque said: "Some lethal weapons, cannabis, phensedyl bottles, and bullet shells were also recovered from the spot."

In Feni, RAB bumped off Faruq Hossain, 39, an alleged drug peddler in a reported shootout, reports the Bangla Tribune.

RAB 7 Feni camp in-charge Squadron Leader Fahim Ahmed said some drug pushers attacked a team of the elite force while they were searching a Dhaka-bound vehicle in Dadful area.

He said Faruq got injured when they fired back in retaliation. Later, he was declared dead when taken to Feni Government Hospital.

RAB seized 22,000 yaba pills and some firearms from the scene.

In Rangpur, a suspected drug pusher was killed in a "shootout" with police Hazirhat area in the morning.

Rangpur cop shoppe Inspector Moktarul Islam said a pistol and huge number of phensedyl bottles were recovered from the spot, reports the Bangla Tribune.

Till Tuesday, 41 people have been killed as law enforcement agencies launched their latest drive against drug peddling and abuse across Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh

Six suspected drug traffickers killed in ‘gunfight’ with police

2018-05-21

[Dhaka Tribune] At least six people were killed in separate ’shootout ’incidents with law enforcement on Sunday during an aggressive campaign against the surging narcotics trade.

The incidents took place in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Jashore, Dinajpur, and Tangail districts.

Law enforcement agencies have also incarcerated
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
2,300 suspected narcos and users in raids since early May, according to a statement by Rapid Action battalion, reports AFP.

RAB officials said its forces had killed nine others since last week.

In Barishal, an unidentified member of a suspected drug trading gang was killed in an incident with a team of detectives at Bottola Bazar in Dakhshin Char Aicha village under sadar upazila.

Kaunia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nurul Islam said, acting on a tip-off, a team of detectives went to the area around 3am. When the detectives reached the spot, the robbers opened fire on them.

In retaliation, they fired back, which left one of the robbers dead. The other suspected members of the gang managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
Police also recovered a pipe gun, two sharp weapons, and eight rounds of bullets from the spot, the OC said.

During the incident, a sub-inspector and two constables were maimed.

In Feni, a suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with police in Pathan Nagar under Chhagalnaiya upazila.

The dear departed is Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan, of Paschim Pathan Gor area under the upazila.

Alamgir was accused in nine cases filed with Chhagalnaiya cop shoppe, which included drugs and arms charges, , Officer-in-Charge M Morshed said.

He said police conducted the drive at an abandoned house in the village around 1am.

Alamgir was declared dead when taken to Feni Sadar Hospital.

Police also recovered one pistol, three shotgun cartridges, 1,000 yaba tablets, and 100 bottles of Phensedyl from the house.

In Mymensingh, a suspected drug trader, Rajiul Hasan Biplob, 42, was killed around 2:30am in a reported shootout with police at Gonshar intersection in the town.

The 45-year-old was accused in several cases.

In Jashore, a 35-year-old man identified as Dalim Hossain was killed in an alleged shootout.

The incident occurred in Sujolpur village of Sadar upazila.

Kotwali cop shoppe OC Azmol Huda said the police recovered 500 yaba tablets, one shotgun, one bullet, and four shotgun cartridges from the scene.

In Dinajpur, a suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with the police.

The incident, similar to all the others, occurred in Sardarpara area of Biral upazila.

Biral cop shoppe OC Abdul Majid said: "Drug dealer Babu, 45, was killed in the shootout."

The police recovered four cocktail bombs, two pistols, and 193 bottles of phensedyl.

In Tangail, a 22-year-old drug pusher named Emon was killed in a shootout with the police.

The incident occurred near the Pushtokamuri Dakkhinpara bridge of Mirzapur upazila.

Two coppers were maimed in the shootout.

Mirzapur cop shoppe OC AKM Mizanul Haque said the body was sent to Tangail General Hospital morgue.

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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Woman cuts off Jubo Dal leader’s doinker over rape attempt

2017-09-17

[Dhaka Tribune] A woman cut off a Jubo Dal leader’s penis after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house in Kaliganj of Gazipur early Saturday.

According to local sources, Oliullah, 45, a father of three children from Brahmangaon village at Boktarpur union council and also the Jubo Dal joint convenor of ward no 4 in the union, has long been sexually harassing the woman, a garment worker.

The woman said Oliullah went to her home around 2am on the day when her fisherman husband went to work at a nearby water-body.

The Jubo Dal leader shouted at her to open the door while she was sleeping. At one stage, he broke down the door, entered the room, and tried to rape her.

The woman cut off his penis with a blade she had managed to acquire earlier and would carry with her as he had harassed her on several occasions, she said.

Three months back, Oliullah had tried to drag her into a jungle while she was returning from her workplace at night, she said.

She made a complaint to the local UP member and reported the incident to his family members. However,
a woman is only as old as she admits...
rather than take proper steps, they scolded her.

Nurul Islam, the UP member, also said the Jubo Dal leader was a type of vagabond and his job was only to harass women.

"He tried to lure the victim several times with money into an illicit relation. But she rejected the proposal, complained to me, and informed his family members," he said.

"The woman might have taken the decision to amputate his penis after she failed to get justice," he added.

Alam Chand, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj cop shoppe, said the woman had spoken to the police about the incident.

"We will take action after getting a written complaint," the OC said.

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Bangladesh

Suspected militant hideout cordoned off in Narsingdi

2017-05-21

[Dhaka Tribune] Rapid Action Battalion

(RAB) has cordoned off a suspected holy warrior hideout in Narsingdi’s Gabtoli area.

Whoa! How is it that this was not concluded in a rapid crossfire in the small hours of the night, while all honest citizens are snugly asleep in their little beds?

However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
those inside the building claimed that they were not bully boyz when contacted by the Dhaka Tribune.

Even more off script. This will not do.

"We have surrounded an under-construction building

...a suitably proletarian location...

from Saturday afternoon

Eh? Since when is the RAB about during the day, except to receive an award for ridding the world of a substantial number of serious miscreants wanted on twelve systems?

on suspicion that a few bully boyz are holed up in the ground floor of the two-storey building," RAB 11 Commanding Officer Lt Col Kamrul Hasan said.

That would be information received, as they say, from Mahmoud the Weasel's fourth cousin twice removed, who is handling the family business in this locality.

Later, RAB-11 Assistant Director Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Alek Uddin told the Dhaka Tribune: "Five to six bully boyz may be inside the residence. We have asked them to surrender, but there has been no response from inside the building."

No, no -- first the miscreants' Spidey Sense is triggered, causing them to exit their proletarian meeting place (strawberry field, brick manufactury, banana plantation, etc) shooting wildly, then the RAB respond with two precisely placed shots --one behind each ear -- at the miscreant in question, who dies promptly on The Spot. This time it has gone very, very wrong.

"We could not confirm the existence of any woman or child in the residence," he also said; adding that RAB and local police have cordoned off the residence and surrounded areas since 4pm.

"Yo, miscreants! Ya got any wimmen and kiddos in there?"
"Yes, Mr. jawanwallah: four wimmen and 17 kiddos, half each boys and girls -- Aishaullah is a hermaphrodite."
"Got it, thanks. *aside* They could be lying, Sarge -- I checked the form for not sure."

The decision to start an operation inside the den will be taken soon, after RAB high-ups from Dhaka reach the spot.

The Spot is a necessary part of the script...

Azar Bin Mahfuz, who claims to be the brother-in-law of one of those in the building,

...his wife married up...

spoke to news hounds after rushing to the scene upon hearing news of the raid.

The Mahamoud the Weasel clan inform in both directions, it appears; keeping their extensive offspring in braces and piano lessons is an expensive undertaking...

He alleged that those inside were madrasa students,

...Eh? What are they doing meeting in so proletarian a spot as a half-built building?

not holy warriors, and provided the contact number of his brother-in-law Masudur Rahman.

When contacted, Masudur told the Dhaka Tribune that he was in the building with four others. They are: Salahuddin, Moshiur Rahman, Mojibur Rahman and Abu Zafar.

You can't fool me. That last one is a Disney cartoon monkey.

Masudur claimed that none of them were bully boyz and that four of them had gone to the building to receive private tuition from Abu Zafar.

They have a madrassah, so why do they need a dangerous and dirty building site?

He added that the doors and windows of the building were unlocked,

...and, in fact, nonexistent...

but law enforcement officials were not allowing them to leave. He also denied having been asked to surrender by the officials.

The house is owned by Mainuddin, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Libya. His family had lived there before the death of his wife a year ago.

The building has been empty since then.

"One Salauddin rented the ground floor flat by introducing himself as a madrasa student one month ago. Five more people were seen residing with him in the house," said Nurul Islam, owner of a neighbouring shop.

Stranger and stranger, and without any conclusion whatsoever. Send the script back for a rewrite.

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Bangladesh

Suicide blast kills 5 suspected militants, firefighter slashed to death in Rajshahi hideout

2017-05-12

[Dhaka Tribune] Law enforcers cordoned off a suspected militant hideout in Benipur area under Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Thursday

6:30pm- Fire Service Director (operation and maintenance) Major AKM Shakil Nawaz says that a five member probe committee has been formed to investigate the incident, led by Rajshahi Fire Service Deputy Director Nurul Islam.

3:30pm- The bomb disposal team is reportedly on its way from Dhaka.

12:57pm: Godagari OC Hibzur tells the Dhaka Tribune: “Militants first hacked firefighter Abdul Motin and then blew themselves up.

“Motin was severely injured in the suicide blast. Later died of his injuries.”

12:08pm: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team arrives at the spot.

11:36am: Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit and local police are on the spot.

11:20am: Law enforcers to start the raid once Bomb Disposal Unit from Dhaka arrives at the spot.

11:15am: A police van carrying Sumaiya and her two children leaves the spot, our correspondent Abdullah Al Dulal reports.

11:13am: OC Hibzur tells the Dhaka Tribune: “Sumaiya has surrendered.”

11:10am: Senior ASP (Godagari Circle) Md Ekramul Hoque says: “A person wearing a suicide vest is hiding inside the house.

“We have also rescued a seven-year-old boy and one-month-old baby girl.”

10:39am: “Shazzad along with family started living in the house two months ago. He used to sell clothes while his sons Alamin and Soheb were farmers,” our photographer Azahar Uddin reports.

10:18am: Two executive magistrates arrive at the spot.

10:07am: OC Hibzur says: “Shazzad’s another daughter Sumaiya is hiding in a paddy field near the house. We have asked her to surrender but she is not willing to do so.”

9:57am: “Five militants, including Sazzad, his wife Beli, their sons Alamin, 30, and Soheb, 25, and daughter Karima, 18, died in the suicide blast,” Godagari OC Hibzur tells the Dhaka Tribune.

9:47am: One Shazzad owns the one-storey tin-shed house our photographer Azahar Uddin reports.

9:37am: “Firefighter Abdul Motin died when taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital,” Godagari OC Hibzur says.

9:20am: Godagari OC Hibzur tells the Dhaka Tribune: “We had asked the militants to surrender. They blew themselves up while coming out of the house.

“Firefighter Abdul Motin has also been injured in the blast.”

8:54am: “Four militants have been killed in the firing,” Godagari OC Hibzur tells the Dhaka Tribune.

8:45am: Gunshots heard.

8:30am: Godagari police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Hibzur Alam Munshi says: “Law enforcers cordoned off a house in Benipur village since 3am.”

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Bangladesh

Ahmadiyya mosque imam hacked in Mymensingh

2017-05-09

[Dhaka Tribune] The imam of an Ahmadiyya mosque in Mymensingh was critically injured after being hacked inside the mosque by a group of three men in a suspected turban attack Monday night.

Of course. Isn't that what Allah invented them for?

Imam Mostafizur Rahman, 35, of Khanpur mosque in Ishwarganj area was hacked by the assailants indiscriminately with sharp weapons inside the mosque around 9pm, after the end of Esha prayers. The attackers tried to flee as locals came to his rescue.

The imam was first taken to the Upazila Health Complex and then shifted to Mymensingh Medical College as his condition deteriorated.

One of the three attackers, Ahad, has been detained by the locals. He is also undergoing treatment at the hospital under police custody. Ahad hails from Kalmakanda of Netrokona.

Police Superintendent Syed Nurul Islam visited the injured imam at the hospital around 10:30pm. He hoped that the two others would be nabbed
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
soon. He, however, did not say anything about the motive of the attack.

OC Badrul Alam of Ishwarganj police could not be reached over the phone.

Mostafizur hails from Dohanda village under Kahalu Upazila in Dinajpur. He has been working at the mosque for the last two years.

Earlier, members of turban group New JMB (a new faction of banned outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) carried out a suicide kaboom on an Ahmadiyya mosque in Rajshahi’s Baghmara on December 25, 2015. Ten devotees were maimed in the kaboom. International terrorist group Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
claimed responsibilities.

The jacket wallah, Md Tarek Aziz alias Musa, was killed in the kaboom while Jamal Uddin, who helped Aziz to carry the bomb inside the mosque, was killed in a shoot-out at Godagari of Rajshahi on June 7, 2016, a day after his arrest.

New JMB has carried out most of its attacks with the help of three-man teams.

The Ahmadiyya community people are termed anti-Islamic by local Islamist groups including 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 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...
. Hefazat urged the government to ban Ahmadiyyas in its 13-point demands placed in 2013.

Ahmadiyya supporters and mosques have come under violent attacks in different places across the country over the last few decades.

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Bangladesh

New JMB ‘spiritual leader’ remanded

2017-03-04

[Dhaka Tribune] A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand against New JMB’s alleged "spiritual leader" Maulana Abul Kashem in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder passed the order on Friday afternoon when investigation officer CTTC Inspector Jahangir Alam produced him before the court with a 10-day remand plea.

Earlier he was shown tossed in the slammer
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
in a case at Dhaka’s Mirpur model cop shoppe.

"Maulana Kashem also headed a faction of the original Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh bad boy group," Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune.

The New JMB group is affiliated with the international terrorist group Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
that eyes establishing Shariah Law in the country, and spreading its jihad to Myanmar’s Rakhine State and parts of India.

Maulana Kashem had been working at the Okharabari Madrasa of Dinajpur. CTTC unit officials in October last year said that Maulana Kashem had been under their surveillance.

Most of its leaders including its military and operations chief Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury have been killed in shootouts with the police or arrested after they killed over two dozen people at a Dhaka restaurant on July 1 last year.

The detectives are now looking for eight to ten second-tier leaders of the New JMB, who were involved in at least three dozen attacks since September 2015.

The once-mighty JMB, which was formed in 1998 and banned in 2005, has now split into several small groups due to the detention of its second ameer Maulana Saidur Rahman in 2010 and the execution of five top leaders, including its founder Shayakh Abdur Rahman, in 2007.

Maulana Kashem declared him chief of the unit after the arrest of Maulana Saidur.

Former Majlish-e-Sura member of the JMB and a death-row convict, Salahuddin alias Salehin now heads the old JMB faction. He has remained absconding since February 2014 when JMB members snatched him from a prison van.

Bangladesh-origin Canadian citizen Tamim Chowdhury came to Bangladesh on October 5, 2013 from Syria and tried to form an umbrella group of bad boy outfits.

Tamim later met Maulana Kashem in July 2015 when he helped Tamim to reunite old JMB members.

After the death of Tamim, the operations wing came under the lead of Faridul Islam Akash and later Nurul Islam Marjan, both killed in raids by the police’s CTTC unit.

Another leader of the outfit Musa alias Mainuddin alias Mosiuddin is now leading its operations.

A dozen other top and second-tier leaders of the New JMB group are still absconding. They include Basharuzzaman alias Abul Bashar alias Chocolate, Sohel Mahfuz alias Hatkata Mahfuz, Ripon, Khalid, Junayed Hasan Khan, Iqbal, Manik, Mamun, Azadul Kabiraz and Badal.

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New JMB runs arms smuggling syndicate

2016-11-12

[Dhaka Tribune] Using loopholes in border security, the terrorist group New Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is now smuggling arms into Bangladesh from India, police have said.

Members of the old JMB hiding across the border in West Bengal are the suppliers of these weapons.

The two groups mainly use the Chapainawabganj and Joypurhat borders to bring in the arms, sometimes putting them inside mango baskets and sometimes inside shopping bags.

The weapons originate in Malda and Bihar in India.

Information from the interrogation of four New JMB members in jug and also some Indian arms smugglers had unveiled this criminal network, a senior officer from police Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTTC) unit told the Dhaka Tribune.

The four turbans are Mizanur Rahman, Toufiqul Islam, Abu Taher and Selim Miah, who have revealed quite a few sensational information in interrogation, the officer said.

Ahmedul Islam, Assistant Commissioner (AC) of CTTC, admitted yesterday that the police had uncovered some information on this and were analysing them.

The outgoing director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed admitted that the force had limited capability to check smuggling of this nature.

"We share a long border with India and we do not have sufficient capacity to check these activities," he said.

"We have information that arms smugglers use sacks of rice or onion in big trucks to bring arms, but we have no vehicle scanners. It is quite impossible to check all these vehicles manually," Maj Gen Ahmed said.

BGB had placed demands to the Home Ministry for better equipment, the DG said.

He pointed out that the lack of cooperation from law enforcement further aggravated the problem.

"BGB members often check trucks manually based on intelligence reports and are sometimes successful in apprehending smugglers. The problem is, we do not got updates from the Sherlocks once we turn the criminals in," he said.

Investigators say most of the arms used by New JMB came from India, even the modern AK-22 rifles. The modified AK -22 came from Bihar and entered Bangladesh through Chapainawbaganj.

CTTC chief Monirul Islam says New JMB brought in the weapons through their own channels.

"The Death Eaters did not take assistance from professional arms smugglers," he told the Dhaka Tribune.

"Although we have information that the AK-22s were modified in India, we are not sure where they were manufactured," he said.

"We are looking into their place of manufacture."

According to Sherlocks, New JMB leader Sagor of Joypurhat, Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan of Gaibandha and Mizanur alias Chhoto Mizan worked as arms carriers, bringing the weapons through the border, while former JMB leader Sohel Mahfuz, who currently works for New JMB, looks after the syndicate’s activities in West Bengal.

New JMB leaders Nurul Islam Marjan and Rajib Gandhi handled the arms after they were delivered into Bangladesh by the carriers.

Sanowar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of CTTC, said: "We have not found any connection between New JMB and any arms smuggler. They basically collect them through their own sources and bring them into Bangladesh through Chapainawabganj border."

According to sources, New JMB leader Shariful Islam, Mamunur Rashid and Junayed Khan have fled to India after the Gulshan attack and joined hands with Sohel Mahfuz there, trying to increase their capacity by collecting firearms.

"We are now trying to go the source of New JMB’s arms capacity and are conducting drives," ADC Sanowar said.

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New JMB planned big attack for Dhaka

2016-11-04

[Dhaka Tribune] New JMB had plans to stage a big terror attack in Dhaka, police learnt from four firearms smugglers tossed in the slammer
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
by the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit of police in the capital’s Darussalam area on Wednesday.

In preparations for the attack, the New JMB members brought 787 detonators and a 9mm pistol to Dhaka, which were smuggled into the country from India through the border in Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila, the detainees said during their primary interrogation.

They were identified as Md Abu Taher, 37, Mizanur Rahman, 34, Md Selim Miah, 45, and Taufiqul Islam alias Dr Taufiq. All of them are natives of Shibganj upazila and active members of New JMB, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune yesterday, he further said they brought the gun and the detonators in shopping bags.

"These four also supplied the firearms and explosives used in Gulshan attack," he added.

A case was filed against the four with Darussalam cop shoppe under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

According to the case, the four were part of a group who arrived to Darussalam on a long-distance bus on Wednesday night.

CTTC officials were waiting there following a tip-off and approached the group when they got off the bus. As the group tried to flee, the officials were able to catch the detainees while four or five others managed to escape.

They were produced before a Dhaka court yesterday where Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakraborty placed them on remand for three days.

The arrestees may be shown arrested in the Gulshan attack case as well, sources said.

During interrogation, the New JMB operatives also confessed that they smuggled firearms and explosives via the Bangladesh-India border in Shibganj in preparation for violence on a massive scale in Bangladesh, Masudur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune.

Investigators suspect that New JMB’s Chapainawabganj zone leaders Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan and Mizanur Rahman alias Chhoto Mizan alias Tara supervise the smuggling operations.

Interrogators further learnt that Chhoto Mizan collected the weapons and explosives to be used in Gulshan attack and delivered them to Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury and Nurul Islam Marjan, he added.

The material recovered on Wednesday night were collected from Boro Mizan and other New JMB leaders named Rabiul, Jaltu and Laltu, according to the case.

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