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Ansarullah led by 5

Son-in-law of JMB chief one of them

Shariful Islam
Led by five persons, the newly emerged militant group Ansaruallah Bangla Team follows the ideals and policies of international terrorist outfits such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Pakistan-based Tehrik-e-Taliban, revealed detectives.
Among the five, its spiritual leader Jasimuddin Rahmani was arrested on August 15.
During interrogation, Jasim disclosed the names of Izaz Hossain, son-in-law of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Saidur Rahman, and Major (sacked) Ziaul Haq, one of the conspirators of the foiled coup plot in 2012, a source in the Detective Branch (DB) of police told The Daily Star.
Saidur is now behind bars and Ziaul has been absconding.
The DB source, however, refused to name the two other leaders of Ansaruallah for the sake of investi- gation. At times, the two were even more influential than Jasim.
Monirul Islam, joint commissioner DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, yesterday said Izaz, who controls the web activities of the militant group from Pakistan, had come to Dhaka a month ago.
"Staying for an hour at his residence in Mohammadpur, Izaz had contacted his three brothers," he added.
Izaz runs a computer business with his brothers. The DB on August 25 arrested one of his brothers Naimul Hasan, a suspected member of Ansarullah.
According to a previous DB press release, Izaz, as the ameer of Jamaat ul Muslimeen, Bangladesh, about a decade ago used to preach the doctrine of Jihad if "establishing Deen [Islamic Sharia based law] was not possible in a non-violent way."
However, the organisation became inactive when the leader of the international Jamaat ul Muslimeen, Jordan-born British citizen Sheikh Abu Isa Ali Arrifai Al Hashmi Al Koraisi alias Abu Isa, was arrested by British police in 2002. Later in 2008, Izaz escaped to Pakistan.
"A day after the last Eid-u 1 - Fitr, Jasimuddin Rahmani married the sister of two JMB members," said Monirul.
Regarding Major Ziaul, a source in the DB said he is the military' commander of Ansarullah and helped the group develop its weapon and arms training manuals.
Despite being a resident of the cantonment area while in service, Ziaul used to offer his Juma prayers at Hatembagh mosque in the capital's Dhanmondi, where Jasim had been the Imam around 2008-2009.
The two came to know each other at that time, mentioned the DB source.
Jasim has connections with top leaders of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami's (Huji)
leaders, including Mufti Hannan and Maulana Abdur Rouf. Both leaders are now behind bars in the August 21 grenade attack cases, said Monirul.
Though Ansarullah does not have direct links to al-Qaeda, its top leaders had contacted several leaders of al-Qaeda at different times, noted the DB official.
For the affiliation of al-Qaeda, the militant group is doing whatever is needed, he maintained.