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The two leaders of the banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who escaped from a prison van while being transferred have slipped out of the country immediately through the border in northern region.
Intelligence officials of the Detective Branch of police have said they have reached the suspicion after analysing information gleaned from the arrested militants involved with the daring escape of three JMB leaders.
The DB officials also say they have information that the JMB has a strong hold in the West Bengal, India, where the two militants – Salauddin alias Salehin alias Sajeeb and Zahidul Islam alias “Boma” Mizan – remain holed up.
Sanowar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of the DB, yesterday told the Dhaka Tribune: “We suspect that JMB leaders Salehin and Mizan illegally crossed the border as per their plan along with their guide Faruk.
“We have scrutinised some information and clues extracted from the interrogation of JMB activists arrested soon after the incident, and also the laptops, computers and diaries seized from those JMB cadres.”
Shafiqul Islam, deputy inspector general (crime) of police, said the militants had used the Mymensingh-Gazipur-Tangail road to reach the North Bengal region.
In reply to a query, he said the investigation into the incident of snatching of three JMB leaders was on but the information they put out could be considered as the conclusion on the escape of the militants.
On February 23, a gang of JMB activists snatched top three JMB leaders Salehin, Mizan and Rakib from Trishal of Mymensingh from a prison van during transport from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur. The JMB men also killed a police constable.
One of the runaway JMB men, Rakib, was recaptured by police and was killed in a “gunfight” with police the next day.
The intelligence officials are now investigating the funding of the outfit. The officials said the JMB had not only link with West Bengal but also with several countries of the Middle East and Europe.
The West Bengal chapter of the JMB developed its base in Murshidabad, Maldah and Nadia districts during the stint of the 18-party alliance government.
JMB leader Sohel Mahfuz is leading the outfit in those districts. Intelligence officials came to learn about it in 2010 after the arrest of JMB leader Saidur Rahman.
JMB founder Abdur Rahman in a statement in 2006 mentioned the West Bengal chapter, saying West Bengal was the 65th branch of the militant outfit.
Sources say that JMB leaders are involved in fake Indian currency business in West Bengal.
The intelligence officials identified two persons who had funded the militants’ escape from the prison van in Trishal. They are Mohammad Rahath and Azmir Sharif.
Officials at the Criminal Investigation Department have already tracked down their mobile phones and found several phone calls made to West Bengal and other parts of India.
Ashraful Islam, superintendent of police of a CID special team, said they were investigating the cases with the help of the Rapid Action Battalion and police.
He said they had also got some important clues about the JMB’s activities but denied to divulge any of it in the interest of investigation.
Meanwhile, police arrested two more JMB leaders – Alamin, 25, and Tito, 28 – from Trishal’s Saudkandi area on Thursday for their alleged involvement in snatching the three JMB leaders.
Majedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the DB in Mymensingh, said detectives from Mymensingh and Dhaka had conducted drives in different places of Bhaluka to arrest the two JMB leaders.
They were now in custody of the DB police in Dhaka, he said.
‘2 snatched JMB leaders in West Bengal now’ | Dhaka Tribune
Intelligence officials of the Detective Branch of police have said they have reached the suspicion after analysing information gleaned from the arrested militants involved with the daring escape of three JMB leaders.
The DB officials also say they have information that the JMB has a strong hold in the West Bengal, India, where the two militants – Salauddin alias Salehin alias Sajeeb and Zahidul Islam alias “Boma” Mizan – remain holed up.
Sanowar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of the DB, yesterday told the Dhaka Tribune: “We suspect that JMB leaders Salehin and Mizan illegally crossed the border as per their plan along with their guide Faruk.
“We have scrutinised some information and clues extracted from the interrogation of JMB activists arrested soon after the incident, and also the laptops, computers and diaries seized from those JMB cadres.”
Shafiqul Islam, deputy inspector general (crime) of police, said the militants had used the Mymensingh-Gazipur-Tangail road to reach the North Bengal region.
In reply to a query, he said the investigation into the incident of snatching of three JMB leaders was on but the information they put out could be considered as the conclusion on the escape of the militants.
On February 23, a gang of JMB activists snatched top three JMB leaders Salehin, Mizan and Rakib from Trishal of Mymensingh from a prison van during transport from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur. The JMB men also killed a police constable.
One of the runaway JMB men, Rakib, was recaptured by police and was killed in a “gunfight” with police the next day.
The intelligence officials are now investigating the funding of the outfit. The officials said the JMB had not only link with West Bengal but also with several countries of the Middle East and Europe.
The West Bengal chapter of the JMB developed its base in Murshidabad, Maldah and Nadia districts during the stint of the 18-party alliance government.
JMB leader Sohel Mahfuz is leading the outfit in those districts. Intelligence officials came to learn about it in 2010 after the arrest of JMB leader Saidur Rahman.
JMB founder Abdur Rahman in a statement in 2006 mentioned the West Bengal chapter, saying West Bengal was the 65th branch of the militant outfit.
Sources say that JMB leaders are involved in fake Indian currency business in West Bengal.
The intelligence officials identified two persons who had funded the militants’ escape from the prison van in Trishal. They are Mohammad Rahath and Azmir Sharif.
Officials at the Criminal Investigation Department have already tracked down their mobile phones and found several phone calls made to West Bengal and other parts of India.
Ashraful Islam, superintendent of police of a CID special team, said they were investigating the cases with the help of the Rapid Action Battalion and police.
He said they had also got some important clues about the JMB’s activities but denied to divulge any of it in the interest of investigation.
Meanwhile, police arrested two more JMB leaders – Alamin, 25, and Tito, 28 – from Trishal’s Saudkandi area on Thursday for their alleged involvement in snatching the three JMB leaders.
Majedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the DB in Mymensingh, said detectives from Mymensingh and Dhaka had conducted drives in different places of Bhaluka to arrest the two JMB leaders.
They were now in custody of the DB police in Dhaka, he said.
‘2 snatched JMB leaders in West Bengal now’ | Dhaka Tribune
