Two Jubo Dal men brought back home after arrest in KSA

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has brought two Jubo Dal leaders back to Dhaka after the suspects were detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly threatening to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an email, reports bdnews24.com.

The suspects are Kabir Hossain and Din Islam Badal, residents of Barishal's Mehendiganj and Cumilla's Chauddagram upazilas respectively. Kabir is the president of a Judo Dal branch in Saudi Arabia while Badal is a leader of the BNP's youth wing there.

Kabir and Badal had been living in Saudi for about 17 years. They had jobs and were involved in a business. They have not travelled back and forth to Bangladesh for a long time, according to CTTC chief Md Asaduzzaman.

When contacted by Bangladesh police through Interpol, Saudi police detained the two and sent them back to Dhaka on January 29. The CTTC unit arrested them at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on the same day, he added.

Badal sent the email threatening to kill the prime minister according to a plan made by Kabir, police said, citing information found in the interrogation of the duo. The CTTC unit is investigating whether anyone else is involved in the incident.

DMP's Media and Public Relations Division received the email sent by Badal on April 17 last year, the CTTC chief told a media briefing in city on Sunday.

"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be gunned down around 4 am on April 27. Bangladesh police cannot resist the attack," the email read.

"The issue was immediately discussed with the higher authorities regarding the seriousness of the threat and national security. The Cyber Crime Division of CTTC has been instructed to quickly identify the criminal and bring him to book," Asaduzzaman said.