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Some expats in ME fund JMB greatly

Kailash Sarkar
A large chunk of the funding for Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) come from likeminded Bangladeshi expatriates, mostly living in the Middle East countries, who also provide the JMB operatives with shelters in the country.
JMB collects explosives from neighbouring countries and has a number of dens in Gazipur, said sources.
4 Besides, some NGOs patronise the JMB men who operate a number of taxicabs across the
country for income as well as their own transport purpose, the sources added.
The two JMB dens unearthed by Gazipur police on Saturday and Friday were set up in the houses of two Bangladeshi expatriates living in Saudi Arabia.
The JMB hideout busted on Friday was set up in the house of expatriate Yusuf Ali of Ghartoil village in Tongi while the other discovered on Saturday belongs to expatriate Mojibur Rahman of East Kalomeshwar. Police and Rab sources said the arrested JMB men disclosed that they have a number of hideouts in Gazipur and elsewhere in the country.
During interrogations, recently detained JMB chief coordinator and its Sura committee member Mohtasim and its military wing leader Mamunur Rashid confessed that they set up most of their dens in and around the capital and in the northern part of the country, sources said.
Gazipur Police Super Abdul Baten admitted that the JMB had set up a number of dens in the area.
He, however, said, "The dfSCdvi^ry df the JMB;deriS'ih the houses of the expatriates do not prove that all the hideouts of the militant outfit are set up in expatriates' houses," adding, "We are investigating whether the arrested JMB operatives have any link with the owners of the houses."
Sub-inspector of Joydevpur Police Station Nazmul Islam Khan who led the drive and arrested the JMB men at East Kalomeshwar village, told The Daily Star, "The caretaker of the house had gone into hiding before the drive was conducted. If he is arrested, we can get more information."
Lt Col Md Abdul Majid, director of Rab intelligence wing, told The Daily Star, "JMB has set up dens at various places in and around the capital and also in the northern part of the country."
"A number of expatriates who support JMB provide it with financial support," Majid said, adding, "The JMB operatives also operate some taxicabs for income and also their own transport purpose if necessary."
Rab Director General Hasan Mahmood Khandaker, however, declined to disclose the sources of JMB's funding and explosives.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad said, "We earlier found that some NGOs also finance the militantoutfit."
"A few expatriates who sympathise with the militant outfit might provide supports to the JMB operatives, /the IGPsaid.
He said the JMB men collected huge cache of explosives from neighbouring countries and made grenades and bombs for carrying out attacks.
"The organisation did not develop overnight. So it would take time to root it out," the IGP added.
Sources said since the countrywide serial blasts by JMB on August 17, 2005, the law-enforcers arrested over 500 JMB leaders and activists with over 700 grenades and bombs and 2,000 kgs of explosives.
Of the arrestees, seven are Sura committee members, 112 Ehsar members, nine Gaebi Ehsar members, 21 suicidal attackers, 369 activists and 32 supporters.