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11 militants nabbed at Rajshahi camp

Documents of arms, blast training seized

ANWAR ALI, Rajshahi
Police arrested 11 suspected Islamist militants including an adherent of Bangla Bhai's Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and two Rajshahi University (RU) students from their training camp in Paba upazila early yesterday.
Tipped off, a joint team of Paba and Rajshahi police raided a newly-constructed house at Puthiapara in the upazila, 15 kilometres off Rajshahi, in the early hours and nabbed the militants from the makeshift training centre.
During the raid the police seized
some documents of Islamic militancy that include diaries containing notes on modern arms and explosives training, and slogans and songs of Islamic revolution, mostly against the United States.
Two of the arrestees are JMJB adherent and team leader Enamul Haque, 23, of Khudra Jhina village in Bagmara upazila and Mozammel Haque Mozam, 45, a tank lorry driver of Puthiapara, who owns the house.
The others are RU students Golam Mustafa (Arabic, final year) of Shekhervita in Jamalpur district and Ibrahim Hossain (History, 2nd
year) of Puthia, Biplob Hossain, an HSC examinee, Abu Zafar, a madrasa student of Paba, Shah Waliullah, an HSC student of Shibganj in Chapainawabganj, Tutul, a jewellery shop owner of Mohendra Jaigirpara in Puthia, Jahurul Islam, a madrasa student of Motihar thana in the city, Mansur Rahman, a tailor and Merajul Islam, a madrasa student of Puthia.
The arrestees, mostly in their 20s, denied their involvement in any underground Islamist group but admitted that they had gathered at Mozam's house for a discussion on She ^tar
the "right Islamic way of life in light of the holy Quran and Hadith."
The police said house owner Mozam was a participant in the three-day training. Local people assisted the police in the midnight operation and caught RU student Golam Mustafa when he tried to escape arrest.
JIC TO QUIZ THE MILITANTS
A magistrate court in Rajshahi yesterday granted a seven-day remand for the arrestees after the police produced them in court and sought 10 days' remand.
Sources said the arrestees will be sent to Dhaka today following a home ministry directive. They will be quizzed in the joint interrogation cell (JIC).
Superintendent of Police (SP) at Rajshahi, Abdullah Al Mahmood, told reporters that the arrestees were shown arrested under section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. They carried diaries containing "dangerous teachings," he added.
"Such gathering of men from different areas at a remote house at dead of night created doubts. We will file a case with specific charges soon afterinvestigation," the SP said.
DANGEROUS DIARY
After the pre-dawn operation, the police started a desperate hunt for one Aslam of Chapainawabganj as they seized his diary from the militants.
The diary contains a number of lessons on physical exercises and arms training what the police described a "scary matter for the investigators."
Aslam was scheduled to deliver the first lecture on the use of arms during the three-day training. But he had managed to escape before the operation began.
The lessons in his diary include the inventor of AK47 rifle, its Russian origin and types, how it works, how far its bullets go, and from what distance it can kill or injure a man.
The diary also stated different types of detonators, how they work, their manufacturing process, ingredients and from where those can be procured.
The hand-written notes also portrayed the nature and uses of common arms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Russia, and sources of such arms.
Apart from these lessons on arms and explosives, the diary also carries notes on religious rituals, suggestions on what to do in police custody and how a secret groupis organised.
"Some of these lessons are not even given to the members of police and Bangladesh Rifles," commented a highly-placed source in the lawenforcement agencies.
ENAMUL, THE TEAM LEADER Enamul, one of the arrestees, is the principal accused in Yasin Ali murder case. Bangla Bhai men kidnapped Yasin and beat him to death hanging upside down from a tree in front of Kodapara madrasa in Bagmara on June 29 last year.
Police however submitted the charge-sheet, excluding Enamul's name.
Enamulislearnt to haveled a JMJB unit covering Jhargram, Jhikra, Bihanali, Kulimari, Modakhali and Kaliganj villages of Bagmara upazila. He along with Biplob and Golam Mustafa organised the militant training.
Sources said Enamul was a close aide of Shahiduzzaman, a nephew of Bangla Bhai and second-in-command of the JMJB chief during his last year's operations.
The police also seized Enamul's diary yesterday that says their group has a total of 19 members, including seven new recruits. It also says that they formed three new units, found four patrons and held two meetings in January this year.
The diary contains slogans and songs for an Islamic revolution and against the US.
Some of the slogans are "Mother, I will die for Allah (in Jihad)", "I will kill, I will die," "I will not listen to anyone, I must attack US dens," "Awami League and BNP are two poisonous snakes, supporting them is absolutely foolish."
Asked about the entries on the use of arms in their diaries, team leader Enamul Haque said. "Every individual has the right to know about anything. What is the problem if we learn about arms? We are not going to use them."
Talking to The Daily Star, Rajshahi SP Abdullah Al Mahmood said the police after the midnight operation conducted raids at Shiroil in the city and Puthia and Bagmara upazilas but could not arrest any of their accomplices.
Earlier on May 15 last year, the police arrested 19 JMJB men for attacking a house at Kalupara in Paba upazila.