March 14, 2025 02:54 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
In a setback for Donald Trump, US judge orders federal agencies to rehire fired workers: Report | 'We will thwart conspiracies hatched by Centre': Revanth Reddy on delimitation exercise | Chennai doctor, his wife along with two sons die by suicide due to huge debt: Cops | Amid language debate, Tamil Nadu drops rupee symbol in state budget | Scientist killed in assault by neighbour over parking argument in Mohali | British woman tourist raped in Delhi hotel by man she befriended on social media | Gold smuggling case: Court restrains media from publishing, telecasting defamatory statements against Ranya Rao | Trump warns Putin of 'devastating' financial impacts if Russia blocks Ukraine ceasefire | 'People are going to Russia right now as we speak: Donald Trump on Ukraine war ceasefire talks | Pakistani army claims to have freed all hostages in passenger train siege; 28 personnel killed

Bangladesh: Police arrest leader of banned terror outfit HuJi who had met Osama Bin Laden

| @indiablooms | Oct 04, 2019, at 09:34 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh Police have arrested a leader of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh or HuJI-B, media reports said.

He has been identified as Md Atiqullah alias Asadullah aka Zulfikar.

Md Atiqullah alias Asadullah aka Zulfikar, 49, who had once met slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, recently returned to Bangladesh in order to rejuvenate  HuJi-B, according to the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of police, reported bdnews24.

Apart from Md Atiqullah, police have arrested two others.

They were identified as Md Borhan Uddin Rabbani, 42, and Mohammad Nazim Uddin alias Shameem, 43.

They were apprehended from a field adjoining a mosque in Khilket’s Nikunja-2 Residential Area on Wednesday afternoon, Touheedul Islam, assistant superintendent of anti-terror police, told the news portal.

A case has been started against the arrested people in Khilket Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.