| Bangladeshi Islamic extremist leader arrested | | | www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-06 11:41:42 |
DHAKA, March 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Bangla Bhai, the second-in-command of Islamist extremist group Jamaatul-Muhahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and one of his associate were injured seriously, and another associate was believed killed in a powerful bomb they exploded before surrender Monday morning in northern
Bangladesh. Local television channels said one hand of Bangla Bhai, who also head another Islamist extremist group Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), tore after the powerful bomb they exploded as security forces cordoned off the house where they were staying at a village of northern Mymensingh district. Mashuk, Regional Commander of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite force of anti-crime, told private television channel ATN that Bangla Bhai was seriously injured as they exploded a powerful bomb inside the house they were staying. He said sensing the presence of RAB they exploded the bomb, which has blown the tin-roof and tin-wall house. The house also caught fire from the explosion. One of his associate died in the explosion, private television channel Ntv said. But later the channel said they could not yet confirm the death of the associate. "We are taking them to the place where our transports are waiting. We are taking them by cycle van," Mashuk said. He said a helicopter is coming from Dhaka and "Bangla Bhai willbe flown to Dhaka. He is now bleeding profusely because his hand tore in the blast. All his hair also burnt." "We arrested two militants of the banned extremist group from ahouse in Mymensingh town last night. According to the confessional statement we cordoned off a house in Chechua village. Sensing our presence, Bhangla Bhai and his men fired bullets on us. We replied triggering a gunfight," the RAB commander told the television ATN. "We asked Bangla Bhai to surrender. He then exploded the bomb inside the house, which tore his hand, and injured others," Mashuksaid. Bangla Bhai is the follower of JMB's chief spiritual leader Shaikh Abdur Rahman and the
second-in-command of JMB, who are blamed for killing 28 people and injuring hundreds through suicide attacks and series of bomb blasts since Aug. 17 last year. Rahman and Bangla Bhai were convicted in a case by a court in southern Barisal last month for killing two judges and sentenced them each 40 years in prison. After the arrest of Rahman in northeastern Sylhet on March 2, the government said Bangla Bhai will also be arrested soon. Enditem | MM Special Page on Bangla Bhai : |
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