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5 JMB suspects arrested

Tuesday, 23 December 2014


Police in separate drives arrested five suspected activists of the banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Fulbari Upazila in Mymensingh district on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Abdul Barek Munshi Bari, 45, teacher of Jorbaria Balika Dakhil Madrasah, Touhiduzzamn Abu, 27, son of Nur Ahmmad Chowdhury, resident of Radhakanai village, Abdul Hannan, 26, son of Shahabuddin, resident of Echail Khamar Char village, Mohammad Tuel, son of Abdul Kashem of Tukkir Par village, and Tazamul Haque, 45, son of Hafez Ali of the Chak Radhakanai village of the Upazila. Police conducted special drives in different area of the Upazila and arrested them, said Rifat Khan, officer-in-charge of the police station. They had been taken to Fulbari police station for interrogation, he added, according to a news agency.