Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested
three members, including the head of recruiting wing, of the banned militant
outfit Ansar al-Islam from signboard area of Narayanganj and Gulisthan area
in the capital on Friday.
The arrested are Mohammad Ismail Hossain, 25, the head of the recruiting wing
of Ansar al-Islam, and two regional trainers Jihad Hossain alias Huzaifa, 24,
and Aminul Islam, 25.
Commander Arafat Islam, director of the law and media wing of the RAB,
informed this at a press conference in the city’s Kawran Bazar RAB Media
Centre on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the RAB-3 and its intelligence wing
conducted separated drives in the areas and nabbed them, the RAB Commander
said.
Necessary legal action has been taken against the arrested, he added.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha